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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.
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Flat, razor-thin telescope lens could change the game in deep space imaging — and production could start soon
Scientists have developed an impossibly thin telescope lens that addresses a key astronomical challenge in a new study funded ...
NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals ‘Cosmic Tornado’ in Action
A newborn star, a blast of glowing gas, and a distant spiral galaxy — all caught in one stunning snapshot by the James Webb ...
NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
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James Webb telescope zooms in on bizarre 'Einstein ring' caused by bending of the universe
The strange sight is actually two galaxies, with the light of the second warped around the one at the front as a result of ...
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Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door
The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...
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Astronomers just found a new treasure trove of galaxies. They could help answer our biggest questions.
Euclid, a European space telescope, just captured 26 million galaxies to reveal the secrets of the dark universe. The Euclid Space Telescope is focused on surveying about one-third of the night ...
Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...
Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...
Neptune’s auroras are captured in great detail by NASA’s Webb telescope
NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...