Witnessing the birth of planets: Webb telescope provides unprecedented view into PDS 70 system
Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...
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Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds
As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...
‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea
The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...
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'Bull's-eye!' Hubble telescope spots record-shattering 9-ring galaxy — and the cosmic 'dart' that smashed through its center
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...
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Oberwerk’s binoculars is really a pair of 5-inch refractors
What if you could find binoculars big enough to qualify as small telescopes? Get ready for the BT–127XL–SD apochromatic ...
NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery
“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets
Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...
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Venus, the Planet of Love, Will Shine Bright on Valentine’s Day. Here’s How to See It
Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky ...
How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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Oberwerk’s binoculars is really a pair of 5-inch refractors
I have always enjoyed looking at the sky on a clear night through binoculars. Seeing through individual optics for each eye creates a feeling of being in space. It’s different than looking ...
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"Bullseye" galaxy and its nine beautiful rings captured by Hubble
A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.
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Discovery of Stunning Einstein Ring by European Space Agency’s Euclid–the Dark Universe Detective
A galaxy in the distance, was tightly encircled by a halo of light—also known as an Einstein Ring, a result of gravitational ...