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First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
Latest data from South Pole Telescope signal 'new era' for measuring the first light in the universe
The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...
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Webb telescope uncovers secrets of dark matter in cosmic collision zone
Webb’s new images of the Bullet Cluster reveal the most detailed dark matter map yet, shedding light on cosmic collisions and ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Its First Direct Image Discovery of an Exoplanet
Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...
Three years of science: Ten cosmic surprises from NASA's Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...
Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?
We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...
Webb telescope smashed a record with the planet it just discovered
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...
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What will be one of the world’s most powerful telescopes enters final design phase
Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...
Rare Jupiter-sized planet discovered 3,200 light-years away using Einstein's space-time warping method
A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...
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As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve'
While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...