space telescopes
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Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System
Nearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star located just 63 light-years away from Earth. In recent observations from the Webb Space Telescope, however, the dust cloud had mysteriously vanished. Now, a new paper suggests the dust cloud may have been caused by a violent event…
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Webb Discovers Record-Breaking Black Hole Merger in Ancient Universe
The cutting-edge Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant black hole merger yet, which occurred when the universe was just 740 million years old. It’s the first time astronomers have seen a merger so early in the universe’s history, making it a record breaker. Black holes are massive objects peppered throughout our universe; their…
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Engineers Devise Plan to De-Ice ‘Dark Universe’ Telescope from a Million Miles Away
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid telescope has been gradually losing its vision as layers of water molecules have frozen onto its mirrors. That’s bad news for a mission tasked with observing the dark universe using super-sensitive cameras, but the team behind the telescope has come up with a plan to keep Euclid warm in…
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Finally, a Telescope Named ‘Einstein’ Is Heading to Space
Space’s latest X-ray telescope, aptly named after the most famous physicist of all time, is poised to unveil the mysteries of nature’s most extreme phenomena.