NASA’s Hubble telescope finds 36 new dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered 36 new dwarf galaxies around Andromeda and ongoing star formation within them, ...
NASA telescope uncovers 'planet killer' capable of ripping worlds apart
The data came from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ESA's XMM-Newton. Previously, scientists discovered that a ...
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Hubble Telescope discovers a new '3-body problem' puzzle among Kuiper Belt asteroids (video)
"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...
'13x mass of Jupiter': NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers rogue exoplanet travelling aimlessly through deep space
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study SIMP 0136, a rapidly spinning object moving independently ...
Astronomers Trace Mysterious Signal to Destroyed Planet
"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.
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NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 7
The missions' first four delays were to allow for additional time for checkouts and processing on the Falcon 9 rocket they'll ...
James Webb Space Telescope's Amazing View Of Most Distant Star
Take a journey to the James Webb Space Telescope's stunning view of giant galaxy cluster WHL0137-08. Credit: Space.com | zoom ...
Mysterious cosmic body is a rogue ‘Super-Jupiter’
Previous examinations using ground-based tools as well as the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes indicated SIMP 0136 was ...
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The findings it beams back to Earth during its two-year ...
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NASA’s James Webb spots mysterious ‘Super Jupiter’ floating in space
The world’s premier space observatory has spotted a mysterious and huge, free-floating planetary-mass object that’s “just 20 ...
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Keck Observatory helps identify possible triple system in Kuiper Belt
W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...
Small and large planets have significantly different upbringings
Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...