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'Exposed Cranium' leaks its gory secrets in new James Webb telescope images: Space photo of the weekNASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final stages of a dying star.
By Jamie Carter Published
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'City killer' asteroid will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope revealsThe "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm.
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James Webb telescope spots giant auroras rolling through Uranus' atmosphereJWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra reveal monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the weekThe 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.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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'Invisible scaffolding of the universe' revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope imagesA team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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James Webb telescope peers into 'Eye of God' and finds clues to life's origins — Space photo of the weekA 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers sayJWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away. It soon began breaking cosmology.
By Tia Ghose Published
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