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James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoDr Stefano Carniani of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, added: “It is stunning that the...
The North Star Has an Age-Defying Secret: Stellar Cannibalism
Scientific American· 2 hours agoPolaris, the North Star, is one of the most famous stars in the sky, but it’s also quite an enigma....
The ultimate cosmic weapon? A simple triangle
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“These are small,” says Father Ted in the eponymous sitcom, holding up a pair of toy cows. “But the ones out there,” he explains to Father Dougal,...
Earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed
BBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAstronomers say the most interesting aspect of the latest observation is not so much the great distance involved - as amazing as that is - but rather the...
Extraordinarily bright galaxy breaks the record for most distant celestial object ever observed
TechSpot· 15 hours agoToday was no exception when scientists revealed they had spotted the most distant galaxy ever viewed. Redshift refers to the amount an object's light wavelengths have stretched due to the universe's ...
The 8 most extraordinary JWST images of 2024, so far
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSince launching on December 25, 2021, JWST has provided ground-breaking insights into the history of our universe. And 2024 has been no different. This...
Sorry, Spock: 'Vulcan' planet spotted near famous star was just a mirage, NASA says
LiveScience· 17 hours agoA planet beyond the solar system that has been compared to Spock's homeworld Vulcan in the Star Trek...
Venus spacecraft loses connection with Japan, threatening planet's sole mission
USA Today· 13 hours agoHumanity's only mission in Venus is in limbo after a Japanese spacecraft went dark last month, the...
‘Profound’ Moment As Webb Sees Most Distant Galaxy Close To ‘Big Bang’
Forbes· 8 hours agoNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has broken its own record by discovering a galaxy just 290 million light-years from the “big bang” that is thought to have created the universe. The previous ...
James Webb telescope discovers the 2 earliest galaxies in the known universe — and 1 is shockingly...
LiveScience· 14 hours agoThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has done it again. According to new research, astronomers using the powerful infrared telescope have revealed what appears to be the two earliest, most ...