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James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to existUsing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to understanding how early galaxies grow.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots rare 'Cosmic Owl'Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an "exceptional natural laboratory" for studying how galaxies evolve.
By Abha Jain Published
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James Webb telescope discovers tentacled 'jellyfish' galaxy swimming through deep spaceA possible new "jellyfish" galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could deepen our understanding of galaxy evolution and star formation.
By Perri Thaler Published
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Astronomers discover origins of mysterious double hot Jupiter exoplanets: 'It is a dance of sorts'Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just right."
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Farthest 'mini-halo' ever detected could improve our understanding of the early universeScientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that could reveal unexpected insights about the ancient universe.
By Perri Thaler Published
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6 incredible objects hidden in Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mind-boggling first imageThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first image release includes a 'staggering' view of 10 million galaxies in and around the Virgo Cluster. Here are six stunning sights hidden throughout the mind-boggling image.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seenA stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the intricacies of galactic systems.
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James Webb telescope spots tiny galaxies that may have transformed the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of tiny, distant galaxies piercing the fog of the cosmic dark age in the first billion years after the Big Bang.
By Skyler Ware Published
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Catastrophic collision between Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not happen after all, new study hintsAstronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new calculations suggest this may be an over exaggeration.
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