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Space: Record-Breaking Cosmic Discovery Challenges Long-Standing Physics
Astronomers have smashed the record for the largest-known cloud of energetic particles discovered surrounding a galactic ...
Where did cosmic rays come from? Astrophysicists are closer to finding out
New research published by Michigan State University astrophysicists could help scientists answer a century-old question: ...
Webb detects familiar ice-covered dust in a galaxy 5 billion light-years away
When astronomers look at distant objects—far away in both space and time—all too often, dust gets in their eyes. Well, not ...
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 years
New near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar ...
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Amazing View Of The Southern Ring Nebula Via The James Webb Space Telescope
Travel about 2,500 light-year away in the constellation Vela to see James Webb Space Telescope stunning view of NGC 3132, the ...
The Webb telescope found something exceedingly rare around a dying star
Scientists have discovered a few thousand planetary nebulas in the Milky Way. Those include the Ring Nebula, aka NGC 6720 and Messier 57. With Webb, the researchers could see a compact dust cloud ...
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Exploring the most beautiful nebulae in the universe
The final, infinite frontier of space has captured the imagination of humanity since the days of prehistory, and it seems the ...
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across ...