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How the Webb and Gaia missions bring a new perspective on galaxy formation
Ars Technica· 8 hours agoIn a feat of galactic archeology, astronomers are using ever more detailed information to trace the...
Life Beyond Earth: Webb’s Spectroscopic Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
SciTechDaily· 22 hours agoThe process is complicated by tiny signal sizes and the need for extensive observation times, making...
The solar system may have passed through dense interstellar clouds 2 million years ago, altering ...
Science Daily· 12 hours agoOpher and her co-authors believe this shows that the sun's location in space might shape Earth's history more than previously considered. It's made from a constant flow of ...
Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMysterious dark matter could slosh over our planet like a wave. If it does, it may produce telltale...
A Portal to the Past: Hubble Reveals an Ancient Witness to a Galactic Merger
SciTechDaily· 12 hours agoThis mesmerizing image from the Hubble Space Telescope features the globular cluster NGC 2005. NGC...
Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt is so distant it is seen as it was when the universe was less than half its current age....
Scientists investigate strange cosmic signal with unusual repeating pattern
TechSpot· 7 hours agoIn what absolutely sounds like the start of an alien invasion movie, scientists are struggling to explain a signal that has reached Earth from space. Not ...
Galactic bloodlines: Many nearby star clusters originate from only three 'families'
Science Daily· 12 hours agoUsing precise data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia mission and spectroscopic observations, the team traced the origins of 155 young star clusters within a radius of about 3,500 light-years ...
JWST Spies Most Distant Known Galaxy from Just 290 Million Years After the Big Bang
Sci Fi Wire· 6 days agoIn space exploration, like in many things, everyone wants to go farther and faster. In the 1999...
Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra telescopes spot a 'lighthouse' pointed at Earth
LiveScience· 1 day agoThe Crab Nebula is what's left of a bright star. In A.D. 1054, viewers on Earth briefly saw this...