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Latest findings from the South Pole Telescope bolster our model of the universe
Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...
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New infrared space telescope with MPIA participation in sight
PRIMA is more than a hundred times more sensitive than previous missions, such as the Spitzer and Herschel space telescopes.
Observations explore icy protoplanetary disk of the star PDS 453
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a young star known as PDS 453. Results of the new study, published on the ...
Webb telescope sees world that could reek of burnt matches and rotten eggs
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...
NASA James Webb Telescope Revelations Challenge Theory of Gravity
If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...
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NASA’s Roman Telescope gets new tech to hunt for alien worlds around distant suns
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, designed to block starlight, will help scientists detect faint light from exoplanets.
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Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...
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Strange Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Dramatically Brightens After Ice Volcano Eruptions
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...
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A window into the universe, NASA’s ‘hyperwall’ advances data visualization at a massive scale
Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the display is a composite of 800,000 frames, showing ...
Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
8 stunning images of Nebula shared by NASA
Nebulae exist in various types, including emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. The Orion Nebula is among the most famous and easily visible examples. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured ...