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Astronomers ‘accidentally’ discover a new galaxy with as many stars as the Milky Way
They might not have gone looking for it, but they found it. Astronomers 'accidentally' stumbled acr…
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New image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows thousands upon thousands of stars in a galaxy 17 million light years away
The James Webb Space Telescope is peering into the mysterious hearts of galaxies. Most recently, it…
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers spotted a galaxy dying after a major collision. It's bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year.
Galaxies need cold gas to form new stars, and this one is bleeding 10,000 suns worth of the stuff e…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Milky Way's neighbour might not be so ‘dead’ with young stars brewing at its center
But the Messier 110 might be an exception. But, the discovery of new stars in Mess…
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An Exploding Star Just Appeared In A Galaxy Right Near Us
The supernova is too faint to see right now, but will continuing brightening over the next two week…
Dina Spector
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A mysterious star from outside the Milky Way has somehow ended up near our galaxy's supermassive black hole
Star SO-6 is very close to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. But it's …
Marianne Guenot
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Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed
The images show the majestic spiral arms of the M51, a galaxy located 27 million light-years away i…
Ellie Zolfagharifard,Marianne…
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10 times NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted something Hubble missed
With its infrared gaze, the James Webb Space Telescope can capture galaxies, planets, moons, and au…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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7 Easter eggs in the images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are totally new to astronomy
An astronomer points out hidden sights in NASA's new images, from previously invisible star cluster…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Young stars at the edge of the Milky Way appear to have come from 2 nearby galaxies. That means a galactic collision could happen sooner than predicted.
Since it's easier to measure the distance of stars than clouds of gas, the discovery allowed the sc…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The best map of our galaxy ever created shows where we are in relation to 1.7 billion stars
Everything the spacecraft has observed and catalogued so far will eventually help build a detailed …
Kevin Loria
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An amateur astronomer found something intriguing in the sky on Christmas Day
A nova or "new star" is basically a gigantic nuclear explosion that occurs when a white dwarf star …
Tanya Lewis
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I visited Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction and it turns out that it isn't about the rides, it's about the shopping - here's what you can buy
Star Wars: A Galaxy's Edge opened in Disneyland in Anaheim, CA on May 31. For those on the East Coa…
Sunny Chanel
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Astronomers accidentally discovered an invisible 'monster galaxy' from the beginning of the universe
Scientists know that large, mature galaxies appeared early in the universe's history, when it was a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Milky Way has a strange twin with a dark secret, and it might help us solve one of the biggest mysteries in science
"There are several things that need to be understood about Dragonfly 44," van Dokkum said. "One is:…
Ali Sundermier
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of the wreckage of 2 galaxies crashing into each other
Galaxy NGC 3256 was formed after a 'head-on' collision between two galaxies around 500 million year…
Marianne Guenot
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This Mega Star City Hides A Strange Secret
Galaxy clusters are sometimes called mega star cities due to their size and also because the indivi…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA released stunning new space images by combining the visual powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory
New NASA images of two galaxies, a star cluster, and a nebula use X-ray technology to enhance glimp…