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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has released an image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula to celebrate its third anniversary, revealing new structural details and features. The telescope used its NIRCam camera to capture the nebula, which shows massive young stars carving away at nearby gas and dust. […]
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Hubble Captures Starry Spectacle
Hubble Captures Starry Spectacle Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of galaxy NGC 685, showcasing its barred spiral structure and numerous star-forming regions. Astronomers used Hubble to study NGC 685 for two observing programs, focusing on star formation, and will be able to catalogue 50,000 H II regions and 100,000 star clusters in nearby galaxies. […]
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Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined
Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined Hubble Spies a Spiral Galaxy: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3511, located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater. Astronomers are studying NGC 3511 as part of a survey to understand the star formation cycle in nearby galaxies, using […]
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Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation
Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science […]
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