Space photo of the week — Extraordinary images of our sublime universe
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Space photo of the week: Violent galaxies seen 'jousting' near the dawn of timeThe new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy collision to a medieval joust.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images everThe Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientistsAstronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at onceAstronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to 12 billion light-years away.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Iconic 'Eagle Nebula' gets a major glow-up on Hubble's 35th anniversaryOne of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images has been reprocessed using the latest techniques.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the Crystal Ball Nebula - Space Photo of the WeekThe James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible timeA new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it beforeThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next doorThe Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.
By Jamie Carter Published
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