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James Webb telescope reveals gargantuan 'Mothra' star in most colorful image of the universe ever takenThe James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have combined forces to image a cluster of galaxies 4.3 billion light-years away in one of the most colorful pictures of the universe ever taken.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cosmic tadpole' in a sea of redAmid the Soul Nebula's harsh red light, a cocoon of gas holds baby stars in the making in this ethereal new Hubble telescope image.
By Jamie Carter Published
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New Chinese space telescope will 'outdo Hubble', researchers claimChina's Xuntian space telescope is scheduled to launch in 2024 and was designed to outdo NASA's Hubble.
By Leonard David Published
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Space photo of the week: Warped 'hummingbird galaxy' guards a cosmic eggHubble's image of two colliding galaxies, known as Arp 142, show how a small galaxy's gravity has shredded a once-large spiral into a birdlike figure.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a spectacular galaxy crashArp 107 hosts a special spiraling 'Seyfert' galaxy connected to a smaller galaxy by a 'bridge' of dust and gas.
By Jamie Carter Published
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An ancient, ravenous black hole has been hiding an 11-billion-year-old galaxy in its glareA team of astronomers has used a tricky technique to study an ancient galaxy previously lost in the glare of a blazing quasar.
By Robert Lea Published
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Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'ghost' peers through the universe's pastImaged beautifully by Hubble, NGC 6684 is a 'lenticular' galaxy very different to our own Milky Way.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, design and mission objectivesReference NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
By Andrew May Last updated
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New Hubble footage shows exact moment a NASA spacecraft slammed into an asteroid 7 million miles from EarthNASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into a small space rock last year, and the effects were visible from Earth orbit.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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