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16 Iconic NASA Photos That Changed Everything
NASA has produced thousands of images over its illustrious 65-year history, but some images have had a far greater impact than others. Among this vast portfolio, certain images stand out for having reshaped our understanding of space and our place within it, capturing moments that have both ignited the collective imagination and further driven our…
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AI Detected a Supernova All on Its Own
You can add supernova spotting to the laundry list of accolades attributed to artificial intelligence. This week, a collaboration of astronomers led by Northwestern University said they have developed the world’s first AI-assisted, fully automatic supernova detection, identification, and classification system. The powerful new tool, which the scientists say could “significantly streamline” large studies of…
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Webb Telescope Image Suggests Even the Most Distant Star Has Company
Researchers have trained the unrelenting gaze of the Webb Space Telescope on Earendel, the most distant star ever detected, revealing the star’s colour and a potential companion star. Earendel (“morning star” in Old English) was first spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope last year. Based on its mass and it’s superlatively ancient light, the researchers…
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Webb Telescope Spots Potential Fuel for Early Universe in Supernovae Debris
Two supernovae 22 million light-years away ejected dust into their region of the universe, Webb Space Telescope observations reveal, indicating that violent stellar deaths could give rise to new star systems. Supernovae are luminous stellar deaths; when some stars die, they explode outwards, spewing their material across the cosmos. The supernovae currently in question are…