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Core Survey by NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Universe’s Dark Side
Core Survey by NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Universe’s Dark Side NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will conduct the largest planned survey by volume, unveiling hundreds of millions of galaxies across the cosmos and studying dark matter and dark energy. The High-Latitude Wide-Area Survey, one of Roman’s three core observation programs, will cover over 5,000 square […]
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Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey
Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will conduct three revolutionary surveys of unprecedented scale, transforming all areas of astronomy and answering longstanding questions about dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets. The Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey will peer into the center of our galaxy […]
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Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures
Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust, providing valuable insights into massive star formation theories. The telescope’s near-infrared emission detection capabilities allow researchers to study “outflow cavities” formed by protostars’ jets of gas and dust, shedding light on the properties of young […]
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NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster
NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has released a new image of the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster that was discovered on New Year’s Eve, 2020. The Champagne Cluster is actually two galaxy clusters merging to form an even larger cluster, with multimillion-degree gas spreading across the cluster […]
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NASA Announces Plan to Map Milky Way With Roman Space Telescope
NASA Announces Plan to Map Milky Way With Roman Space Telescope NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will conduct a Galactic Plane Survey to map the Milky Way galaxy in unprecedented detail, revealing tens of billions of stars and exploring previously uncharted structures. The survey will cover nearly 700 square degrees of the galaxy’s disk-shaped […]
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Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image
Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of Markarian 178 (Mrk 178), a blue dwarf galaxy located 13 million light-years away, featuring a unique blend of young stars and rare massive Wolf-Rayet stars. Mrk 178 is one of over 1,500 Markarian galaxies, named after Armenian astrophysicist […]
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A Rare Gourd
A Rare Gourd NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the Calabash Nebula, showing the death of a low-mass star. The star is undergoing a rapid transformation from a red giant to a planetary nebula, expelling its outer layers into space. The ejected material is moving at incredible speeds, with gas shown in yellow […]
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Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’
Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’ Hubble Space Telescope has released a new image of the “Lost Galaxy” NGC 4535, which is located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy features young star clusters and H II regions, which are signs of massive stars that have recently formed and are heating up […]
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Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy
Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6000, located 102 million light-years away, showcasing stars of various ages and colors. The galaxy’s center features older, smaller stars with a glowing yellow hue, while its outskirts boast brilliant blue star clusters hosting young, massive […]
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Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of NGC 2775, a galaxy that’s hard to categorize as either spiral or elliptical due to its unique features. The galaxy has a smooth, featureless center and a dusty ring with patchy star clusters, which could indicate it merged with other galaxies in the past. […]
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