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China is building a space telescope to rival the JWST — and it could survive in orbit decades longer
Chinese scientists have announced details on the upcoming China Space Station Telescope (CSST), a cutting-edge observatory ...
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Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Mission accomplished for space telescope Gaia
The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...
Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive ...
See the stunning cosmic clouds captured in new Hubble image
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful ...
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Even NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Is Getting Its Budget Slashed
Less than four years after its showstopping launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is facing massive budget slashes that will ...
5 most beautiful photos of Carina Nebula shared by NASA Hubble Space Telescope
Carina Nebula’s ‘Mystic Mountain’: This three-light-year-tall cosmic pinnacle, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope‘s Wide ...
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars
Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James ...
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Hubble Spies Spiral That May Be Hiding Imposter
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Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light
A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...