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What Is a Galaxy?
Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.
Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres
Most of the exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn't because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that ...
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Kluge and the Comet: Actuarial Art in Space
Image from Alexander Kluge's short film, “The Galactic Year” (Alexander Kluge Archive, Cornell University) Johann Sebastian ...
Entire Swarm of Black Holes Detected Moving Through The Milky Way
In any globular cluster, all its stars formed at the same time, from the same cloud of gas. The Milky Way has around 150 ...
Webb telescope captures outskirts of Milky Way in 'unprecedented' detail: See photo
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope depicts the "extreme outer galaxy" in unprecedented detail, NASA researchers ...
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An Asteroid Is Going to Orbit Earth Like a Mini Moon for 2 Months
An asteroid is headed towards Earth. It's not going to hit us, but it is going to hang out for a couple of months. A recently ...
Space like never before: James Webb Telescope brings the stars to Eugene
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History opens its newest exhibit featuring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ...
Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Star Birth Secrets at Galaxy’s Edge
Among the Milky Way’s outskirts is a firecracker show of star formation. How do environmental factors affect the star ...
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The outer reaches of the Milky Way are full of stars, and the JWST is observing them
The Milky Way’s outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to a ...
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Simple shift could make low Earth orbit satellites high capacity
Researchers have invented a technique that enables low Earth orbit satellite antennas to manage signals for multiple users at once, slashing costs and simplifying designs for communication satellites.