astronomy
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Webb Telescope Captures Countless Galaxies in New Image
The European Space Agency has released its image of the month for January, and it is (perhaps unsurprisingly) a stunning shot from the Webb Space Telescope.
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Scientists Say ‘Rubble Pile’ Asteroids Are Surprisingly Hard to Kill
Rubble pile asteroids are more common and durable than previously thought, according to new research. The scientists behind the study say this could pose a problem for planetary defence measures. But there may be reason for optimism, given recent insights gleaned from NASA’s successful DART mission to deflect an asteroid.
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Astronomers Discover Two Invisible Stars Spinning Around Each Other at Breakneck Speed
Researchers have found an extreme binary system that features two dwarf stars that are so cool, they don’t emit visible light. And they’re so close together that they take less than one Earth day to orbit around each other.
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Astronomers Find the Edge of Our Galaxy
In the quest to find the outer limits of our galaxy, astronomers have discovered over 200 stars that form the Milky Way’s edge, the most distant of which is over one million light-years away — nearly halfway to the Andromeda galaxy.