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The Universe’s Brightest Lights Have Some Dark Origins
The Universe’s Brightest Lights Have Some Dark Origins The universe’s brightest lights come from regions around black holes at the centers of galaxies, which are detected by satellites like NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These bright sources are often blazars, a type of active galaxy powered by supermassive black holes that have jets of particles […]
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Where Does Gold Come From? NASA Data Has Clues
Where Does Gold Come From? NASA Data Has Clues NASA data has provided clues to the origin of gold in the universe, suggesting that flares from highly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars) could be responsible for creating and distributing heavy elements like gold. The study, led by Anirudh Patel, estimates that magnetar giant flares could contribute […]
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How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58
How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58 According to NASA expert, we are literally made of star stuff, as the elements that make up our bodies were formed in previous stars. The universe existed for billions of years before humans and our solar system, and all the elements […]
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Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light Hubble Space Telescope has revisited stunning globular cluster Messier 72 (M72) as part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, capturing its ultraviolet light for the first time. M72 is a collection of stars located in the constellation Aquarius, approximately 50,000 light-years from Earth, and is one of the […]
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Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit
Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit Hubble was launched on April 24, 1990, and has since revolutionized our understanding of the universe with its stunning images and groundbreaking scientific discoveries. The telescope has captured breathtaking views of galaxies, nebulae, stars, and planets, including a record-breaking 20,000 images of the cosmos. Hubble’s […]
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Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite
Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new image series of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104, as part of Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations. The new image reveals finer detail in the galaxy’s disk and more background stars and galaxies than previous images, showcasing its […]
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Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history
Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history Dark energy measurements from the DESI collaboration suggest that the universe was expanding slightly faster a few billion years ago than it is today, implying that dark energy’s “springiness” was […]
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NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin
NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin Hubble tracked the movement of SGR 0501+4516, a magnetar, over thousands of years and found it couldn’t be associated with a nearby supernova remnant. The team’s research suggests that SGR 0501+4516 may have formed through accretion-induced collapse, a process where a white dwarf collapses into a […]
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Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song
Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song Hubble has captured an image of Kohoutek 4-55, a planetary nebula located 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, showcasing the star’s final display before it exhausts its fuel. The image features swirling clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star, with different colors indicating the […]
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Hubble Spots Stellar Sculptors in Nearby Galaxy
Hubble Spots Stellar Sculptors in Nearby Galaxy 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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