astronomy
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You Have to Zoom in for a Full Minute to See the Galaxy in This Webb Telescope Video
Space is big and scary, and a new video created from Webb Space Telescope data goes to show the massive distances separating us from the objects we’re trying to observe. In this case, it’s the Cartwheel Galaxy, one of Webb’s recent targets.
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Physicists Discover Oldest Dark Matter Yet With Lensed Microwaves
Lensing of the cosmic microwave background indicates 12-billion-year-old galaxies had dark matter.
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Bask in the Ethereal Beauty of These Artistic Astronomy Photographs
These gorgeous images of the sky are shortlisted in Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
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First Webb Images Will Include Exoplanet Data and the Deepest-Ever Image of the Universe
It’s now been six months since the Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana towards its observation point in space, one million miles from us. Now the telescope’s first colour images are finally being taken; they will be released to the public on July 12.