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A Breathtaking 3D Journey Through the Pillars of Creation

This image is a mosaic of visible-light and infrared-light views of the same frame from the the Pillars of Creation…

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How Skipper CCDs Are Shattering Limits in Cosmic Observation

The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile. Credit: NOIRLab Researchers have recently utilized skipper charge-coupled devices…

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Astronomers Use Destroyed Stars to Measure the Spin of a Supermassive Black Hole for the First Time

Illustration of a tidal disruption event (TDE). A novel technique by MIT and NASA scientists employs accretion disk wobbles from…

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Gaia and GRAVITY Unmask Brown Dwarfs Lurking Near Bright Stars

A research team has identified brown dwarfs orbiting close to bright stars, an observation made possible by the Gaia satellite…

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Hunting for Primordial Black Holes With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Recent research explores the potential of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to detect Earth-mass primordial black holes, a theoretical…

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Gravitational Waves Provide New Clues to the Composition of Dark Matter

Artist’s impression of a microlensing event caused by a black hole observed from Earth toward the Large Magellanic Cloud. The…

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Exploring NGC 5253’s Stellar Furnace

This Hubble Space Telescope image showcases NGC 5253, a starburst galaxy actively forming massive star clusters. Located 11 million light-years…

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Hubble’s Rare Glimpse at Star Formation in a Distant Galaxy’s Core

By ESA/Hubble June 24, 2024 The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this detailed image of the galaxy…

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Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found…

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Citizen Scientists and AI Uncover Hidden Asteroids With Hubble

Astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered over 1,000 previously unknown asteroids using archival Hubble images, offering new insights into the…

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