The open cluster Westerlund 1, featured as the Webb Picture of the Month, is located approximately 12,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara
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NASA's TESS Discovers Record-Breaking Triple Star System.
This artist’s concept depicts the tight orbits of the three stars in TIC 290061484, fitting within a space smaller than Mercury’s orbit if placed at
Continue readingHubble Unveils the Secrets of NGC 4694: A Peculiar Lenticular Galaxy.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the intriguing galaxy NGC 4694. Located 54 million light-years from Earth in the Virgo galaxy cluster, NGC
Continue readingNASA’s Webb Uncovers Unique Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P.
An artist’s concept depicts Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1’s outgassing activity, highlighting new observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope that revealed additional jets of gas,
Continue readingWebb Researchers Uncover Lensed Supernova, Validate Hubble Constant Discrepancies.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam image of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 reveals the magnifying effect of the foreground cluster, located 3.6 billion
Continue readingMeasuring the Hubble Constant: Insights from Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam image of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 reveals the magnifying effect of the foreground cluster, located 3.6 billion light-years
Continue readingAn ancient Oort Cloud comet will pass by Earth for the first time in mid-October.
An ancient celestial traveler, designated C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is set to make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October 2023. This Oort Cloud comet,
Continue readingPowerful Solar Flare Strikes Earth, Class X7.1 Recorded.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare—visible as the bright flash in the lower left—on Oct. 1, 2024, using extreme
Continue readingHubble captures a stellar nursery in the spiral galaxy IC 1954.
This image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium.
Continue readingExciting Discovery on Mars: Perseverance Rover Spots Unique 'Zebra Rock.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captured this image of a black-and-white striped rock using its Left Mastcam-Z camera on September 13, 2024 (Sol 1268) at
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