astronomy

Hubble’s Rare Glimpse at Star Formation in a Distant Galaxy’s Core

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

By ESA/Hubble June 24, 2024 The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this detailed image of the galaxy NGC 5253 ...

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Springs Back to Life

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Voyager 1 has overcome a technical setback from November 2023, successfully resuming normal operations and data transmission by May 2024. All ...

How Modified Gravity Challenges Einstein and Dark Matter

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Using gravitational lensing, scientists uncovered that dark matter may stretch over a million light-years from galactic centers, proposing significant adjustments to our ...

Don’t Miss the Strawberry Moon in June’s Night Sky!

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The name “Strawberry Moon” isn’t from the color of the Moon, despite what you see in this artist’s illustration. It comes from ...

The Roman Telescope’s Quest for Primordial Black Holes

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The upcoming Roman Space Telescope may unveil a new class of “featherweight” black holes, challenging existing theories of black hole formation. These ...

Unlocking a New Era in Astronomy From 250 Meters Underground

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Einstein Telescope is being built around 250 meters underground. With interferometers in the three tunnels, each ten kilometers long, it will ...

Webb Does the “Impossible” – Space Telescope Captures First Glimpse of an Exoplanet’s Interior

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An artist’s concept of WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University James ...

NASA Telescope Discovers Exploding Stars ‘Almost Everywhere’

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered an unprecedented collection of ancient supernovae. Astronomers announced that they found 10 times more of ...

Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Astronomers observed a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, occurring 20 years ...