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Why scientists are so excited about the newfound interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (op-ed)
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
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Michio Kaku Breaks Down How the James Webb Telescope Defies Our Understanding of Time
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a discovery so profound it could challenge everything we know about the universe. According to physicist Michio Kaku, JWST’s latest findings suggest ...
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Budget Squeeze Threatens Hubble and Webb Operations as NASA Faces Historic Funding Cuts
NASA’s two most iconic space telescopes, the Hubble and James Webb, are facing the biggest operating cuts in their history.
Webb scratches beyond the surface of the Cat's Paw for third anniversary
To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch ...
Tech Explorist19h
The Milky Way’s giant bubbles are hiding a chilling secret
Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...
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“Save NASA”: Scientists Protest Deep Cuts to Agency’s Science Programs
In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.
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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 3 years of science with dazzling 'toe beans' image of Cat's Paw Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is celebrating three years of transformational science with a striking new image of ...
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Scientists believe our Milky Way galaxy may be inside a giant 'cosmic void' in the universe
Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...
NASA's Webb telescope captures images of new stars forming in Cat's Paw Nebula
New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula.
The Interstellar Visitor Hurtling Toward the Center of Our Star System Is Unimaginably Ancient, Scientists Say
Astronomers recently confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS came from interstellar space, blowing through the ...
Astronomy on MSN15h
Deep-Sky Dreams: NGC 3079 and Quasar 0957+561
Quasar 0957+561, the first known gravitationally lensed quasar, lies near NGC 3079 in Ursa Major. Here's how to find and ...
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What is space and what’s floating about in it?
We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.