NASA's James Webb captures the “Exposed Cranium” nebula resembling a human-brain

NASA’s Webb Telescope captures the Exposed Cranium Nebula in infrared. The dying star reveals ghostly skull-like structures.
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Astronomers tune in to K2-18b, and detect no artificial signals

Astronomers used the VLA and MeerKAT radio telescopes to search the Hycean exoplanet K2-18b for alien technosignatures, analyzing millions of signals but finding no confirmed artificial radio transmis ...

Air and Space Museum celebrating 50th anniversary with new galleries

Five new galleries will open on July 1, featuring interactive exhibits, WWII aircraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and more.

Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy’s heart is captured in a new telescope picture

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

See it: James Webb Telescope captures detailed images of dying star

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured an astonishing photograph of a star in outer space recently. In the latest footage captured by the James Webb Telescope, a nebula has been revealed surrounding a ...

James Webb Telescope captures dramatic images of dying star

In the latest footage captured by the James Webb Telescope, a nebula has been revealed surrounding a dying star.
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How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang

When the venerable Hubble Space Telescope made its Deep Fields studies of the early Universe, it discovered something that would puzzle astronomers to this day. When the Universe was just a few ...

20 billion galaxies: new survey of the sky will reveal the universe in unprecedented detail

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes ...

Webb telescope reveals Uranus' atmosphere in unprecedented detail

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first vertical view of Uranus's upper atmosphere, delivering an unprecedented look at the planet's ionosphere and auroral structures. The new ...

NASA’s Mike Fincke identifies himself as the ailing astronaut who prompted space station evacuation

NASA’s Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency’s first ...

Thanks to old photos, NASA scientists found what happens before a supernova explodes

NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos. Researchers have now been able to study some of a supernova's progression by ...
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"We've been waiting for this to happen." For the first time, NASA scientists detected what happens before a supernova explodes – and it's all thanks to old photos

NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos. Researchers have now been able to study some of a supernova's progression by ...