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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Hubble Space Telescope revisits a star-forming region 5,000 light-years from Earth, which it first captured in 1997, revealing how the cosmic nursery has changed over human timescales. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FwGT6FnxvBU8UVwqyWdXDQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Glowing shapes of brown gas and dust swirl against a dark blue starry background]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Glowing shapes of brown gas and dust swirl against a dark blue starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon' — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The largest 3D map of the universe, created with data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BcLRrTufB7CCq8C5a6Sqea-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A small portion of DESI&#039;s year-five map of the large-scale structure of the universe.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blue and white map against a dark background. The denser areas indicate regions where galaxies and galaxy clusters have clumped together to form the strands of the cosmic web. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Human minds shouldn't have to go through' this: Artemis II crew recalls unreal moment when Earth disappeared — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning Earthset image from Artemis II recalls Apollo 8's Earthrise, marking humanity's return to deep space and the start of a new era of exploration. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:06:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/95DQWuHqSXz4iWkXFxXBeT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Just before the Artemis II crew passed behind the moon, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the moon&#039;s limb.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of Earth from the moon, with half the Earth illuminated and the gray surface of the moon in the foreground.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA telescope uncovers new mystery in supernova first spotted by Chinese astronomers 2,000 years ago —‬ Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer reveals the expansion and shock patterns within RCW 86, a supernova observed by early astronomers in A.D. 185. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/enHTzPxMtdeTR7x88CsY75-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer observed the outer rim of the supernova remnant highlighted in purple in the inset. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A circular array of blue and pink and orange gas swirls against a dark starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble images taken 25 years apart show big changes in the iconic Crab Nebula —‬ Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers reveal new insight into an iconic supernova remnant's evolution, structure and pulsar-driven growth over 25 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:05:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dKjoAKfaT9Li3fGVHhGD8f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Crab Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s Wide Field Camera.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glowing nebula of pink, blue and orange is seen in the darkness of space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare star spotted in its original galaxy could answer a key question about the ingredients of life: Space photo of the week  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/rare-star-spotted-in-its-original-galaxy-could-answer-a-key-question-about-the-ingredients-of-life-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancient and rare star PicII-503 is helping astronomers understand how carbon became so abundant in the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UHHTMkHn4Fakbn862aLyyE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stars in the dwarf galaxy Pictor II, which is more than 10 billion years old.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glistening field of stars against a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble and Euclid capture the final act of a dying star — and it's glorious: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/hubble-and-euclid-capture-the-final-act-of-a-dying-star-and-its-glorious-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers combined Hubble's small-scale details of stellar death with Euclid's wide view of cosmic environments to take a closer look at the  iconic Cat's Eye Nebula. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:09:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WAYzDArwsMHVPWqUAajXEm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025, J.-C. Cuillandre &amp; E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), Z. Tsvetanov]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Cat&#039;s Eye Nebula shines into the darkness of space. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the Cat&#039;s Eye Nebula, a blue ball of light surrounded by purple and red gas in a starry night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Exposed Cranium' leaks its gory secrets in new James Webb telescope images: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final stages of a dying star. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ixpseYdmU4bvaVkd3a3PC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The PMR 1 &quot;Exposed Cranium&quot; nebula as seen by Webb&#039;s NIRCam (left) and MIRI (right) instruments. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two side by side images of a circular nebula, showing a cloud of golden gas surrounded by a blue bubble. The image on the left shows more background stars and a transparent bubble. The image on the right shows more of a yellow and green background with a bluer bubble]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Two side by side images of a circular nebula, showing a cloud of golden gas surrounded by a blue bubble. The image on the left shows more background stars and a transparent bubble. The image on the right shows more of a yellow and green background with a bluer bubble]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA telescope spots first alien 'astrosphere' around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/nasa-telescope-spots-first-alien-astrosphere-around-a-sun-like-star-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:11:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zwKdyyQKTwoGi8g6GSwb9Y-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: NASA/CXC/Johns Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS; Optical: NSF/NoirLab/CTIO/DECaPS2]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A young, sun-like star reveals its protective sheath, or &#039;astrosphere&#039;, for the first time in this Chandra image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A star blowing a purple, wedge-shaped bubble in space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Closest baby nebula to Earth 'hatches' in strange new Hubble image – Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/closest-baby-nebula-to-earth-hatches-in-strange-new-hubble-image-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning new Hubble image reveals the most detailed look yet at the Egg Nebula, the youngest and closest pre-planetary nebula to Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:22:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pXEjwE9KDJ52gbhGRmgqyM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Egg Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the egg nebula, with a glowing streak of pink gas in the middle surrounded by concentric circles of white like with four diagonal beams of light streaking from top left to bottom right all in front of a deep space starry background]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An image of the egg nebula, with a glowing streak of pink gas in the middle surrounded by concentric circles of white like with four diagonal beams of light streaking from top left to bottom right all in front of a deep space starry background]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:10:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2NXVZDLnz4UyPWMWso8UD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds and L. Frattare]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The large protocluster JADES-ID1, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (background) and Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bright blue streak of light is seen covering a series of bright stars in this dark deep space image. A white box surrounds the blue shape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dramatic death of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) caught on camera — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Gemini North telescope snapped a spectacular view of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart as it emerged from the other side of the sun in October. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4GXQhj4CBLKbMWoWthuVNR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Bolin. Image Processing: J. Miller &amp; M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) on Nov. 11 and Dec. 6, 2025 as it began to break up, as seen by the Gemini North telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) on Nov. 11 and Dec. 6, 2025 as it began to break up, as seen by the Gemini North telescope.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stellar nursery bursts with newborn stars in hauntingly beautiful Hubble telescope image — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming within collapsing clouds of gas and dust. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZV8HNZk7NgwNtLCeovHj5Y-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This landscape of gas and dust is busy birthing new stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo numerous bright stars in space covered in think swirls of gray and white clouds. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope peers into 'Eye of God' and finds clues to life's origins — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:42:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CCYacGost7pcUzqbKsHisG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s new image of the Helix Nebula reveals comet-like knots, stellar winds and dramatic gas transitions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hundreds of gold and orange clouds with feathered trails going down behind them. The small clouds are covering a few scattered, bright stars. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:50:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8G9WnvLRk2J3fQabWY6ewh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, V. Almendros-Abad, M. Guarcello, K. Monsch, and the EWOCS team.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Westerlund 2 star cluster is a nursery of young stars and &#039;failed stars&#039; alike.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glittering starscape in pink and blue taken by the Webb telescope]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant cosmic 'sandwich' is the largest planet-forming disk ever seen — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A strange, sandwich-shaped object is giving astronomers a rare view of the chaotic birthplaces of planets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:13:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fJmFvLDZmr8JBKBLsK22H7-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. It spans nearly 400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from Earth, the dark, dusty disk resembles a hamburger. Hubble reveals it to be unusually chaotic, with bright wisps of material extending far above and below the disk—more than seen in any similar circumstellar disk. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. It spans nearly 400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from Earth, the dark, dusty disk resembles a hamburger. Hubble reveals it to be unusually chaotic, with bright wisps of material extending far above and below the disk—more than seen in any similar circumstellar disk. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. It spans nearly 400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from Earth, the dark, dusty disk resembles a hamburger. Hubble reveals it to be unusually chaotic, with bright wisps of material extending far above and below the disk—more than seen in any similar circumstellar disk. ]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stunning array of 400 rings in a 'reflection' nebula solves a 30-year-old star-formation mystery — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively expel, surrounding material. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wzPgo5sD9Xi8TxTfpvNyrf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Composite image of the star-forming region NGC 1333 obtained by combining data from the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Composite image of the star-forming region NGC 1333 obtained by combining data from the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope spies a monstrous molecular cloud shrouded in mystery — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-spies-a-monstrous-molecular-cloud-shrouded-in-mystery-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and purple clouds set against a shadowy backdrop. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/34PKvVxPLMPBLJV4tTbj8j-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) region in mid-infrared light, with warm dust glowing brightly. To the right is one clump of clouds that captured astronomers’ attention.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) region in mid-infrared light, with warm dust glowing brightly. To the right is one clump of clouds that captured astronomers’ attention.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Glittering new James Webb telescope image shows an 'intricate web of chaos' — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision, with their spiral arms overlapping and bending toward their neighbors' cores. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TuCf6MaNkRwn44tWzBL7YW-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[ A Pair of Galactic Cornucopia (Webb + Chandra)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ A Pair of Galactic Cornucopia (Webb + Chandra)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KJCYEfNS3nKKXjcEW44STU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of GRB 250702B, a high-speed jet of material being launched from a very dusty galaxy. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of GRB 250702B, a bright white orb with rays of light coming out among a white and pink cloud surrounded by the blackness of space. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ethereal structure in the sky rivals 'Pillars of Creation' — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EAj7mzKoWzraXrQm2rBjbS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The structure called Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani, which means the Heavenly ʻŌhiʻa Rains, echoes the legendary &#039;Pillars of Creation&#039;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[pillars of gas and dust against a fiery pink and orange background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists mapped the shape of a supernova for the first time ever – and it's not what we expected: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers using data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the initial "breakout" phase of a supernova is elongated, not perfectly spherical. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:21:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJ2wmqY2EBg8sCd7EdP4Wn-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of a supernova &quot;breakout.&quot; New observations reveal that dying stars don&#039;t explode in perfect spheres, as previously thought.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist’s impression of a star going supernova. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 'diamond ring' sparkles 4,500 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's SOFIA observatory captured a rare image of a glowing gas ring in Cygnus X — a vast star-forming region 4,500 light-years away. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ysKeT32QU3QKc3jwCPKnj6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The mysterious &#039;diamond ring&#039; in Cygnus may be the remnants of a burst bubble, new research hints.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glowing gas ring in green and red colors in outer space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First Vera Rubin Observatory image reveals hidden structure as long as the Milky Way trailing behind a nearby galaxy — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the M61 galaxy, suggesting a violent past. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:52:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TpWUrSAXh5eKw9tqyZbdEG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Romanowsky et al. 2025, RNAAS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In its debut image, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed a vast stellar stream coming from the nearby galaxy M61. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a spiral galaxy on a splotchy black and white background with a stream of black material emerging from the galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unprecedented radio view of the Milky Way took over 40,000 hours to construct — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/unprecedented-radio-view-of-the-milky-way-took-over-40-000-hours-to-construct-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qUYuXHxVhGzR6U3QwXDc75-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), S. Mantovanini/GLEAM-X team]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A radio view of the Milky Way shows both the carnage of dying stars (red) and the energy of newborn stars (blue).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of starry outer space with an orange cloudy band in the middle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/webb-reveals-a-fiery-starburst-in-the-cigar-galaxy-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the blazing heart of an iconic nearby galaxy, where rapid star formation and galactic winds light up the cosmos in infrared light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:17:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f74yCQHNnYESPqAdZxEzZg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, A. Bolatto via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Despite being smaller than the Milky Way, the Cigar Galaxy outshines it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of the cigar galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is about to get very active — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is barreling toward its closest point to the sun as perihelion looms on Oct. 29. How different will it look when it reappears on the other side? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Comets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xkmAJAaj24k73omqaCPNuR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the ScientistImage Processing: J. Miller &amp; M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught streaking through the solar system on Aug. 27 by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of a comet streaking through space with the stars around it reflecting rainbows]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ALMA and JWST solve major star formation mystery: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/alma-and-jwst-solve-major-star-formation-mystery-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the first time ever, astronomers revealed the birthplace of an energetic jet blasted by a newborn star using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:33:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JcQq9VNoZhUY76Z9hyYVz8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lee et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The twin energy jets shooting out of the young protostar system  HH 211 could solve a major mystery about how stars form.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Twin jets of multicolored energy shooting out of a star in both directions ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rq3yC7ZcSusqLNZkYJuRmG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, A. Filippenko; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of a spiral galaxy]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a spiral galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-james-webb-telescope-proves-einstein-right-8-times-over-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTW3c7SuP2QVDs6RRd7HKD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a series of six images of Einstein rings]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of six images of Einstein rings]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:33:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sc8tYzvtAe3qx8utberQXX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg, Nazar Budaiev, Taehwa Yoo; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) region in mid-infrared light. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A stunning starscape at the center of the Milky Way]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/soar-through-44-million-stars-in-gaia-telescopes-latest-3d-map-of-our-galaxy-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:28:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sAWtZqV2kW3Ky7cPpNcisH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reddish-pink nebulas spread their tendrils across a backdrop of sparkling white stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reddish-pink nebulas spread their tendrils across a backdrop of sparkling white stars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescopes-starlit-mountaintop-could-be-the-observatorys-best-image-yet-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nWWGtmv3JsN7wtHbMgKGLk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A JWST image of a star cluster with sparkling stars and cloudy rainbow colors]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A JWST image of a star cluster with sparkling stars and cloudy rainbow colors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ht9PpRuW54gNBwNT5QWGc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, M. Villenave et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A star&#039;s planet-forming disk glows like a butterfly in this new JWST image]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[James Webb telescope image of a star that resembles a butterfly]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world's first view of Earth from the moon, taken 59 years ago — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Moon]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bFRQwnYgRhv34zN5nAHvrU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The world&#039;s first view of Earth, taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the moon, was captured Aug. 23, 1966.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a grainy black and white image of Earth rising from the Moon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:16:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8HJxeCFZGTQLZFMVfJm9qB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The folded layers of eastern Candor Chasma on Mars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The folded layers of eastern Candor Chasma on Mars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/giant-x-appears-over-chile-as-2-celestial-beams-of-light-cross-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bright band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of "zodiacal light" meet above the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning night sky photo. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:11:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M8eQfZAS4B4RVhi467gzMU-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Photograph taken of the night sky showing the Milky Way and zodiacal light crisscross above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph taken of the night sky showing the Milky Way and zodiacal light crisscross above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope captures one of the deepest-ever views of the universe — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-captures-one-of-the-deepest-ever-views-of-the-universe-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb telescope's 100-hour reexamination of one of Hubble's most iconic extragalactic images reveals extraordinary new details. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NGvFX45oof27SWiN5BZkCb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, G. Östlin, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. Melinder, the JADES Collaboration, the MIDIS collaboration, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The MIRI Deep Imaging Survey (MIDIS), the James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s take on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, reveals 2,500 more distant structures. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a deep field image showing many galaxies and stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes, star clusters and distant galaxies like never before. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:55:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DgcyKvW2Ur2uirLcfx7BGH-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Nine new images created by its Chandra X-ray Observatory, with help from Hubble and JWST.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nine new images created by its Chandra X-ray Observatory, with help from Hubble and JWST.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers witness a newborn planet emerging from the dust around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/astronomers-witness-a-newborn-planet-emerging-from-the-dust-around-a-sun-like-star-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a distant sun-like star. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TXpKq5kdssL3YdjzhG6jHP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A planet being born around the young star HD 135344B from the ESO&#039;s Very Large Telescope (left) and a merged image from the VLT and the ALMA radio array (right). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[on the left, an image of yellow glowing spirals around a black circle. On the right, an image of blue and red glowing spirals around a black circle.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Fighting dragons' light up little-known constellation in the Southern sky: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/fighting-dragons-light-up-little-known-constellation-in-the-southern-sky-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yE2p7qTcXJAswYKHYXT7Wj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image processing: R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF&#039;s NOIRLab)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[an image of a nebula with a red horizontal cloud that resembles two dragons]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of a nebula with a red horizontal cloud that resembles two dragons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-and-hubble-telescopes-join-forces-to-explore-a-cosmic-nursery-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zMPPKG3rRP859QGaRod64X-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Lindberg (Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This combined image from NASA&#039;s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes shows open clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 in the Small Magellanic Cloud.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of blue and orange cloudy shapes in outer space with countless twinkling stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope reveals dizzying galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/bang-james-webb-telescope-catches-stray-galaxies-in-the-bullet-cluster-space-photo-of-the-week</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:39:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6GpTqdfEq634m7BYw472TE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Bullet Cluster spins and sparkles in this joint James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory image]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite telescope image of the Bullet Cluster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A cotton candy nebula glows in Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first close-up image: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/46pC2m5ehFvR7geUcmk2Md-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[an image of a nebula with a round pink cloud in the middle and blue clouds on the outer edges ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of a nebula with a round pink cloud in the middle and blue clouds on the outer edges ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ominous 'Chamaeleon' is hiding a stellar secret: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Dark Energy Camera captured glowing nebulae in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, illuminating the dense clouds with newborn starlight. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QwBd9KMYxQn8mPNCsn6mL6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Chamaeleon I dark cloud, the nearest star-forming region to Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The ominous Chamaeleon I dark cloud, the nearest star-forming region to Earth, is captured in this image taken with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick blanket of clouds before dawn. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HQz99Coo2taJ66tmEFDB4U-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The gargantuan shield volcano Arsia Mons pierces the clouds of Mars in this new NASA orbital image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a purple-hued volcano pokes through a thick layer of clouds ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar galaxy's center as well as dust on its outer fringes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GRSu6KV2x4khJppUGqgXbD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Sun]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AMcyuNkeBkeVHyeQMCpg4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Coronal rain&quot; — as seen here by the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory — forms when hotter plasma in the sun&#039;s corona cools down and becomes denser. It&#039;s pulled to the surface by gravity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of pink swirling shapes that resemble brushstrokes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: Violent galaxies seen 'jousting' near the dawn of time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy collision to a medieval joust. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 27 May 2025 15:11:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NefD6eVZSi4di8Jf9DPn6e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array image shows the molecular gas content of two galaxies involved in a cosmic collision. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blurry image of two cloudy orange shapes approaching each other]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/space-photo-of-the-week-cotton-candy-clouds-shine-in-one-of-hubbles-most-beautiful-images-ever</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 19 May 2025 15:09:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uQrFzG6cmz83Xge9eXqGrn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Murray]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues]]></media:text>
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