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Sh2-46 Nebula Captured By The VLT Survey Telescope - 6,000 Light Years Away

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The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is 6000 light years away from Earth. Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Music: Mylonite - BO Réflexion Méditation
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NASA's SPHEREx Telescope Begins Mapping The Entire Sky

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NASA has begun taking 3,600 unique images each day to create a new map of the cosmos with its newly-launched SPHEREx observatory.<b<br/>r/>

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James Webb Space Telescope Captures A 'Cosmic Tornado'

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an amazing video of the outflow Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50), a newborn star. Credit: Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann Editing: Nico Bartmann Web and technical support: Enciso...
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Stunning Aurora Time-Lapse From Space Captured By NASA's Don Pettit

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Watch the pair of amazing time-lapses of the Aurora Borealis from the International Space Station captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/Don Pettit | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Aurora by...
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Amazing Time-Lapse Of Sun Rising Behind Europe's Extremely Large Telescope

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The under construction ESO Extremely Large Telescope in Chile was captured in 2025 and 2023 with the sun rising behind it. See both time-lapses here. Credit: E. Garcés/B. Häußler/ESO | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
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3D Models Of Objects In Space Released By NASA's Chandra Team

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory team has released several 3D models of celestial onbjects that you can print. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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Hubble Spies 9.5 Light-Year Bit Of The Amazing Eagle Nebula

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The Hubble Space Telescope has caputured new imagery of 9.5 light-years tall portion the Eagle Nebula, located 7000 light-years distant from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble) | edited by Space.com
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Signs Of Alien Life? New Study Finds Potential Biosignatures On Ocean World

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Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study. Credit: Space.com | animations:...
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Amazing Time Lapse Of Fading Supernova Spied By Hubble

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525, which is located about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Credit: Space.com / footage...
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Planet Found In Odd Perpendicular Orbit Of Two Stars

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Exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s is an unusual polar orbit of a pair of brown dwarfs. Credit: ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner. Editing: Angelos Tsaousis. Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and Edison Arango....
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Moon Turns Blood Red During Lunar Eclipse - Watch This Amazing Time-Lapse

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Watch this amazing time-lapse of a totality lunar eclipse that occurred - Blood Worm Moon. Credit: Timeanddate.com | time-lapse by Space.com
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Possible 'Hints' Of Life Found On Planet 124 Light-Years Away In James Webb Space Telescope Data

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Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study. Credit: University of Cambridge
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Total Lunar Eclipse Explained By NASA - Understanding The March Blood Moon

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Parts of the Americas was treated to a Total Lunar Eclipse (also known as a "blood moon") in March. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Amazing James Webb Space Telescope View Of Forming Star System In 4K

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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a view of Lynds 483 (L483), an "actively forming star system," according to NASA. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) | edited by Space.com
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Euclid Dark Universe Detector Delivers 'Spectacular Views Of The Cosmos'

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Euclid spots 26 million galaxies and more in latest observations. Credits: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi, M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company; ESA/Gaia/DPAC; ESA/Planck...
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Odd X-Ray Signal From Helix Nebula Could Be From Star Destroying Planet

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An unusual x-ray signal from the Helix Nebula, first detected in 19180, could stem from a star destroying a nearby planet. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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Triple System Of 'icy Space Rocks' May Have Been Found In Kuiper Belt For 2nd Time

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The Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may have uncovered a "potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterCredit: NASA's...
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Amazing One-Week Time-Lapse Capturing A Gigantic Corona Via NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory

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Watch this one-week time-lapse of the coronal hole in the Sun's atmosphere from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.



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OTD In Space - April 25: STS-31 Deploys Hubble Space Telescope

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On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed! Hubble is famous for taking some of the most amazing deep-space photos ever. It hitched a ride to space on the space shuttle Discovery with mission STS-31. Also on board were...
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Exoplanet WASP-127b - Extreme Supersonic Winds

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The CRIRES+ instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has been used to measure the supersonic jet winds on gas giant exoplanet WASP-127b. <b<br/>r/>

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Planets, Lyrid Meteors, The Moon And More In April 2025 Skywatching

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Jupiter and the crescent moon start off and end the month together. Find out where to see Mars and Venus as well. The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of April 21-22. Amazing globular cluster M3 is also available for skywatchers...
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OTD In Space - April 20: Moon Doesn't Turn Green, Despite Internet Rumors

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On April 20, 2016, the moon did not turn green. The moon has never been green and will probably never turn green, despite what any viral internet memes may tell you. This hoax started in 2016 when someone jokingly posted a meme on...
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Rapid Expansion Of Wolf-Rayet 140 Dust Shells Captured Via James Webb Space Telescope

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"Two massive stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 swing past one another, their winds collide, material compresses, and carbon-rich dust forms," according to NASA. Time-lapsed James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the system has revealed that every...
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James Webb Space Telescope Amazing View Of Protostar Explained By NASA

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Travel to James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instrument views of protostar L1527. The protostar is about 100,000 years old. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: Lead Producer Thaddeus Cesari: Script Dr....