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The Details Are Unreal in New Webb Image of Famous Horsehead Nebula
The Webb Space Telescope has given us another cosmic treat. The young observatory captured a closer look of the ethereal clouds of dust and gas that form a nearby nebula, illuminated by a companion star in the constellation Orion. Located a mere 1,375 light-years away, the Horsehead Nebula is shaped like a celestial horse galloping…
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MORNING SPOILERS: Warner Bros. Is Close to Finding Its Next Supergirl
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s vampire movie is close to finding a home. Robert McCamon’s post-apocalyptic novel Swan Song is being turned into a TV series. Dune Part 2 gets the mandatory floating heads poster. Plus, what’s to come as La Brea enters the endgame. Spoilers now! Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow THR reports that House…
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Scientists Have Formally Invited Aliens to Visit Kentucky
The city of Lexington, Kentucky, appears so tired of being overlooked by humankind that it has sent a formal invitation to the next-best thing: alien life that may or may not exist in a nearby star system. It’s a tourism stunt, but the message is very real. The invitation, beamed out last fall via infrared…
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Webb Spots Second Ancient Supernova in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy
Last month, astronomers focused the Webb Space Telescope on the galaxy MRG-M0138 and found something surprising: a supernova in the ancient universe, magnified for your viewing pleasure by the gravitational lensed galaxy. When stars die, they release a huge amount of energy which astronomers can observe as a bright light source called a supernova. The…