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Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid streaks through the frame.

The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted some 100 years ago.

James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.

Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the week
By Sophie Berdugo published
Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.

James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.

The world's first view of Earth from the moon — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth that predated Apollo 8's famous color "Earthrise" by over two years.

Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the entire solar system.
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