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Astronomers Watch in Real Time as Epic Supernova Potentially Births a Black Hole
A team of astronomers recently captured a series of images of a distant star as it went supernova, providing a remarkable play-by-play of stellar death and possibly the birth of a black hole. Supernovae are massive explosions that occur when massive stars die. These events sometimes leave nebulae, neutron stars, or even black holes in…
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Journey Into the Past: Webb’s Trippy 3D Animation Guides You to an Ancient Galaxy
In August 2022, scientists published a Webb Space Telescope deep field image that included some incredibly ancient galaxies, which formed around 390 million years after the Big Bang. Now, the Space Telescope Science Institute has produced a visualisation of part of the survey that discovered those ancient galaxies, giving viewers a dizzying journey through deep…
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Gorgeous New Image Shows a Pinwheel Galaxy in Exquisite Detail
An observatory in northern Chile has captured a stunning view of Messier 83, also known as the Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel.