This deep galaxy field imaged by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera shows an arrangement of 10 distant galaxies in a diagonal, thread-like line. Two of the eight white circles contain more than…
Open cluster KMHK 1231 is an impressive group of stars that are loosely bound together by gravity, and is seen in the upper right of this Hubble Space Telescope image. It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and is surrounded by a stunning crimson nebula of gas and dust that extends across the image, where new stars may potentially form in the future. The orange and red hues in this image indicate visible and near-infrared light, respectively, which give it a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Open clusters are stellar populations formed from the same gas and dust cloud and are common in spiral and irregular galaxies where star formation is actively taking place. Their stars tend to share similarities like age, composition, and motion, making them excellent laboratories for studying star formation and evolution. After a few million years, these clusters disperse into their galaxies.
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Astronomers have discovered the second known case of a planet residing in a quadruple star system.This particular planet had been known before, but was thought to have only three stars,…
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The team led by Simon Lilly of ETH Zürich in Switzerland recently used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to analyze new observations and found evidence that galaxies existing 900 million…
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The fundamental question of astronomy, 'How did the first stars and galaxies form?' is being investigated with the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed an exquisite tracery of dust and bright star clusters in this spectacular image. The tendrils of gas and stars belong to the…
WASP-18 b, located 400 light-years away, has been a topic of intense study for astronomers since its discovery in 2009. This ultra-hot gas giant is 10 times more massive than…
