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Large Black Hole Discovered Through Gravitational Lensing
Learn how a "black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun in a galaxy 2 billion light years away" using gravitational lensing, according to Durham University. Credit: Durham University
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OTD In Space - April 20: Moon Doesn't Turn Green, Despite Internet Rumors
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
"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
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....
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3 Years Of Solar Orbiter Imagery Of The Sun Time-Lapsed With Flares Sonified
The Solar Orbiter's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument captured imagery of the sun over the last few years. The solar flares (blue circles) are shown using data from the spacecraft's Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays...
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Dark Energy Camera Captures Thousands Of Galaxies In Stunning Antlia Cluster View
The Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile captured an "ultra-deep view of the Antlia Cluster," according NOIRLab. Credit: Images and Videos: Dark Energy...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Seen By Very Large Telescope
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope observed asteroid 2024 YR4 in Jan. 2025. The probability of the asteroid impacting Earth in 2032 has dropped to .001%. Credit: Space.com | ESO/O. Hainaut et al. / ESA/Planetary...
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Star Cluster Resembles 'Cosmic Wreath' In Chandra X-Ray Telescope Tour
Check out an amazing view of star cluster NGC 602. It "lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud," according to the Chandra X-ray Telescope team. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 In Stunning 4K JWST And Hubble Views
The James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have captured amazing views of spiral galaxy NGC 2566. Credit: Space.com | ESA, NASA & CSA / Hubble /Webb, A. Leroy, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), D. Thilker | edited by Steve Spaleta
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Binary Star System Surprisingly Found Near Monster Black Hole
A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT). Credit; ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner....
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures The Ancient 'Firefly Sparkle' Galaxy
“Firefly Sparkle,” a galaxy that existed about 600 million years after the big bang, has been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. The "galaxy is gleaming with star clusters," according to NASA. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight...
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Sun's Most Powerful X Flares From Last Year
See Space.com's Top 10 most powerful solar flare of 2024. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO, compiled for Ryan French | edited by Steve Spaleta
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Sun Eruption With Powerful X2-Class Flare Footage
Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Shifting Angles by Experia /...
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How worried should we be about an asteroid hurtling toward Earth? | Hanomansing Tonight
NASA says the chances of a direct hit by asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be the size of a football field, keep shifting. CBC News’s Johanna Wagstaffe and Sarah Galashan discuss what people should watch for.
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Stadium-Sized Asteroid Safely Flies By Earth In Orbit Animation
Asteroid 2020 XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: 2024 NEO Coordination Centre - European Space...
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4K James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Sombrero Galaxy
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured and amazing view of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104). The galaxy is about 30 million light years away from Earth. Credit: Space.com | NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m,...
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Early Universe Black Hole Devoured Matter At Astonishing Rate
U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, have discovered an early universe supermassive black hole "consuming matter at a phenomenal rate —...
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Martian Moon Phobos Eclipse The Sun
The Mastcam-Z camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the Martian moon Phobos as it eclipsed the sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com Music: Mysterious Forest by Howard Harper-Barnes / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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James Webb Space Telescope Spies iInteracting Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted spiral galaxy known as “the Penguin” and a compact elliptical galaxy called “the Egg." Credit: Space.com | NASA,...
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Stars Being Scouted For Ideal Habitable Zone Conditions By Chandra X-ray Telescope
The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable planets. Future observatories will use the data to narrow down the list for possible Earth-like planets to image....
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Pillars Of Creation In 3D Created From Webb And Hubble Space Telescope Data
See the iconic Pillars of Creation in this 3D visualization created from James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope data. Credits Producer Greg Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of Learning Visualization Greg Bacon...
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Massive Black Hole Has 'Awakened' In Galaxy SDSS1335+0728
Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; Space.com | ESO/L. Calçada, M....
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James Webb Space Telescope Delivers Amazing Horsehead Nebula Imagery
The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared imagery to date. The iconic nebula is about 1300 light-years away. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt...
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Zoom Into The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole
Watch this amazing animation. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto)