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See Webb Telescope’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Collection of Spiral Galaxy Images
Shall I compare thee to the Webb Space Telescope’s latest image drop? Well, for starters, thou art less ancient and far less spectacular. The new collection of 19 images reveal face-on spiral galaxies, meaning they are oriented toward Webb’s perceptive gaze. The shots were taken as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in…
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Aussie Radio Telescope Spots Possible ‘Polar Ring’ Galaxy
A radio telescope in Australia recently captured a stunning image of NGC 4632, a galaxy some 56 million light-years from Earth. The image reveals a halo of cool hydrogen orbiting perpendicular to the galaxy itself. This ring—a “polar ring”—makes NGC 4632 a polar ring galaxy. The hydrogen gas encircling the galaxy is invisible to optical…
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Astrophysicists May Have Found a Rare Species of Black Hole in the Andromeda Galaxy
A team of astrophysicists believe that a glob of stars in our next-door galaxy is hiding an intermediate-mass black hole, a type predicted to exist but that has never been observed for certain.
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Everyone Thought This Coin From The California Gold Rush Was Fake, But It’s Actually Worth Millions
In 1854, at the height of the California Gold Rush, the San Francisco Mint produced less than 300 special $5 coins. Only three were known to survive into modern times. Until today, that is. Now there are four.