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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars
Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James ...
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Hubble reveals key details about a massive star cluster
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have studied one of the largest young star clusters in our galaxy, ...
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10 new images of galaxies shared by NASA
The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4214 resides about 10 million light-years away. Approximately 10,000 galaxies fill a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest image of ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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4K Cartwheel Galaxy Views Via Hubble Space Telescope
See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years ...
See the stunning cosmic clouds captured in new Hubble image
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.
Astronomers spot flares of light near the black hole at the center of our galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...
DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ...
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Professor Wendy Freedman Wins National Medal of Science
Astrophysics professor Wendy Freedman discussed her career and award-winning research on the Hubble constant.