NOIRLab: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution

NOIRLab: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution

In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe ...
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An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion of the radiated cloud called the Orion Bar to learn more about the influence massive stars have on their environments, and even on the formation of our own solar system.

STScI: Webb to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments

An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion of the radiated cloud called the Orion Bar to learn more about the influence massive ...
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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms of five distant galaxies.

STScI: Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies’ Spiral Arms

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms of five distant galaxies ...
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infrared view of Jupiter

NOIRLab: Gemini North Infrared View of Jupiter

Stunning new images of Jupiter from Gemini North and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcase the planet at infrared, visible, and ultraviolet wavelengths of light ...
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Hubble image of bright star AG Carinae

STScI: Hubble Captures Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction

In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant "celebrity star," one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by ...
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STScI: NASA's Webb to Study Young Exoplanets on the Edge

STScI: NASA’s Webb to Study Young Exoplanets on the Edge

This outer realm of exoplanetary systems is an ideal hunting ground for NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Webb will probe the atmospheres of nearby known exoplanets, such as HR 8799 and 51 Eridani b, ...
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