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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.
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Astronomers spot alien planet system being born before their eyesAstronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to how our own solar system was born.
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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.
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2 'new stars' have exploded into the night sky at once — potentially for the first time in historyAstronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded history.
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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.
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Where do atoms come from? A physicist explains.Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?
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Alcohol-soaked star system could help explain 'why life, including us, was able to form'The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has detected methanol isotopes around a nearby star, which could help explain why the ingredients for life are present on Earth.
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'Staggering' first images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory show 10 million galaxies — and billions more are on the wayThe first "stunning" images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released this morning, capturing roughly 10 million galaxies, many of which have never been studied before.
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