Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...
The most distant galaxy ever discovered holds a surprising secret
Scientists have made a stunning discovery of oxygen in the most distant galaxy known, raising questions about how galaxies ...
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TV's Most Accurate Sci-Fi Series Is An Underrated Gem With Six Seasons
If you like intriguing, multilayered sci-fi stories that truly delve into varying facets of being human, then The Expanse is ...
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Euclid space telescope captures multiple ‘extremely rare’ double gravitational lenses
ESA's Euclid mission is exploring the "dark universe." The space telescope's latest images offer fascinating new insights.
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Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...
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Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
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Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth
MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms
SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...
No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope
Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...
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NASA’s New Space Telescope Launches to Explore the Origins of the Universe After a Series of Delays
Called SPHEREx, the instrument will map 450 million galaxies and search for water molecules that may be clinging to space dust ...
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope will map the entire celestial sky in 3D
Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1 ...