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The Webb Space Telescope’s Best Images, One Year On
The Webb Space Telescope launched to space in December 2021 with an ambitious goal: providing scientists with a deeper, sharper view of the history of the universe. It took the telescope a month to arrive at its location in space, a region called L2 that sits one million miles from Earth, and another six months…
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New Webb Image Reveals 45,000 Sparkling Galaxies in Ancient Star Formation
This infrared image taken by the Webb Space Telescope comprises more than 45,000 galaxies, many of which existed in the first billion years of the universe.
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New Dark Matter Theory Says a ‘Dark Big Bang’ Created the Hidden Universe
Two scientists think a double-Big-Bang scenario could explain dark matter and why we haven’t been able to detect it.
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8 Strange Signals AI Has Found in Its Search for Alien Life
Some 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of planet Earth. This period is known as the Cambrian Explosion, and these aquatic critters are our ancient ancestors. All complex life on Earth evolved from these underwater creatures. Scientists believe all it took was an ever-so-slight increase…