A new paper describes all the science that went into the James Webb Early Release Observations (ERO).
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The Cartwheel Galaxy, also known as ESO 350-40, is one disturbed-looking piece of cosmic real estate. To look at it…
A long anticipated comet puts on its best show through the end of 2022.
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A recent study examined why Jupiter doesn't have highly-visible (and beautiful) rings like Saturn, and puts the blame on its…
NASA’s upcoming Mars Sample Return mission plan just received a glow-up: it will now carry a pair of twin helicopters,…
The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most…
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
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