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‘Cosmic dawn:’ NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will get baby pictures of our universe

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Dr. Sarah Adams

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Galactic penguin honors the 2nd anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st images

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Dr. Sarah Adams

To celebrate two years since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) started sending images back to Earth, NASA has released yet another ...

Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared. The observatory ...

After 14 years in space, NASA’s prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts. The NEOWISE ...

NASA will give a Hubble Telescope status update on June 4. Should we be worried?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

We’ll get an update about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (June 4), and it could be a pretty big deal. On June ...

Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Using the Euclid space telescope, scientists have discovered a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars drifting through a massive cluster of thousands of ...

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 ...