Space photo of the week — Extraordinary images of our sublime universe
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The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the weekThe 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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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 weekThe 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the weekScientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.
By Sophie Berdugo Published
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James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.
By Jamie Carter Published
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The world's first view of Earth from the moon — Space photo of the weekOn 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the weekNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the entire solar system.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the weekThe 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope captures one of the deepest-ever views of the universe — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb telescope's 100-hour reexamination of one of Hubble's most iconic extragalactic images reveals extraordinary new details.
By Jamie Carter Published
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