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Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A massive cradle of baby stars has been observed in new detail by a European space telescope, ...

Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. These two gigantic black ...

Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

To write that the Hubble Space Telescope is legendary would be an understatement. In the 34 years this telescope has been in ...

NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA has officially halted science observations conducted by its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Don’t worry, though. The space telescope, which observes some ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s targets over the next year include black holes, exomoons, dark energy — and more

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Space Telescope Science Institute has announced which astronomy proposals have been selected to be given time with the James Webb Space ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission aims to map 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A new extraordinary NASA mission aims to map the sky in unprecedented detail and color. Construction has started on SPHEREx, a new ...

Shimmering galaxies revealed in new photos by European space telescope

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists on Tuesday unveiled the first pictures taken by the European space telescope Euclid, a shimmering and ...

‘Bones’ of cosmic hand revealed in creepy NASA X-ray telescope views (video, photo)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s newest X-ray space telescope has captured a ghostly view of a stellar explosion whose remains resemble a skeleton hand in deep ...

Here’s how NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will hunt for lonely black holes and distant exoplanets

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA has revealed how its next big space telescope will allow astronomers to peer deeper than ever before into the heart of ...