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See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula
The Crab nebula, as seen in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope. This supernova remnant is more than 10 light-years across and glows with radiation from whirling particles trapped in the magnetic field of a pulsar at its center. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/T. Temim/Princeton University (CC by 4.0) Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign…
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Webb, Hubble team up to capture a colorful ‘Christmas tree’ of galaxies
A panorama of colliding galaxy clusters glimmers in a new image, captured by the combined forces of the two most powerful space observatories ever created.Video above: Ring Nebula captured in never-before-seen detailThe cosmic phenomenon, called MACS0416, is 4.3 billion light-years from Earth. Eventually, the merging pair of giant clusters will combine to form an even…
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Astronomers Spot the Oldest Black Hole Ever Seen, Shedding Light on the Early Universe
The galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which lies in front of the galaxy containing the newly discovered black hole X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI; Image Processing: NASA / CXC / SAO / L. Frattare & K. Arcand Using two space telescopes, scientists have spotted…
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New Coca-Cola Space Science Center exhibit to help young scientists’ imaginations take flight
November 9, 2023 On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Columbus State University’s Coca-Cola Space Science Center launched a new exhibit to inspire aspiring young scientists to study aerospace flight and exploration principles. The exhibit, developed fully in-house by the center’s educational team, was made possible through support from Pratt & Whitney, a global leader in propulsion system…
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Webb, Hubble team up to capture a colorful ‘Christmas tree’ of galaxies
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — A panorama of colliding galaxy clusters glimmers in a new image, captured by the combined forces of the two most powerful space observatories ever created. The cosmic phenomenon, called MACS0416, is 4.3 billion light-years…
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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic magnifying glass to spot Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) left astronomers feeling festive recently as it allowed them to image a distant, colorful cluster of galaxies they have dubbed the “Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster.” In this cluster, the James Webb Space Telescope discovered flickering “Christmas lights” in the form of 14 new transient objects — celestial objects that…
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Astronomers Find Dozens of Massive Stars Fleeing the Milky Way
The Milky Way can’t hold onto all of its stars. Some of them get ejected into intergalactic space and spend their lives on an uncertain journey. A team of astronomers took a closer look at the most massive of these runaway stars to see what they could find out how they get ejected. When astronomers…
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Between Venus’ atmospheric currents, a layer of reactive oxygen
Today, our sister planet Venus resembles an environment as close to hell as one can imagine. Surface temperatures on the amber world soar to 450 degrees Celsius (842 degrees Fahrenheit), while about 96% of the planet’s crushing atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide. Once upon a time, however, Venus may have resembled something much…
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Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including astronomer Alexander de la Vega of the University of California, Riverside, has discovered the most distant barred spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way that has been observed to date. Until now it was believed that barred spiral galaxies like the Milky Way could not…
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NASA’s Webb, Hubble Telescopes Combine To Create Most Colorful View Of Universe
Panchromatic view of MACS0416, a galaxy cluster about 4.3 billion light-years from Earth. The image was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The resulting prismatic panorama of blues and reds give clues to the distances of the galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI,…