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Hubble Space Telescope captures a planet’s atmosphere being blasted away b
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The red dwarf star, called AU Microscopii, or AU Mic, is located outside of our solar system, 32 light-years from Earth, which is relatively close. It’s home to one of the youngest planetary systems ever observed, and the star is less than 100 million years old, as per CNN.
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Research details wide diversity of galaxies in the early universe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed that the structures of galaxies in the early universe were much more diverse and mature than previously known. Scientists compared images of hundreds of galaxies taken by JWST for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CE
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Webb telescope 'Pearls' project brings exquisite views of distant galaxies
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have provided us with spectacular images of galaxies. This all changed when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in December 2021 and successfully completed commissioning during the first half of 2022. For astro
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Scientists discover rare red spiral galaxy population from early universe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Spiral galaxies represent one of the most spectacular features in our universe. Among them, spiral galaxies in the distant universe contain significant information about their origin and evolution. However, we have had a limited understanding of these galaxies due to them being too distant t
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Reasons behind different colors of Uranus, Neptune: Research
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): According to research at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), researchers have developed a single atmospheric model that matches observations of both planets. The model reveals that excess haze on Uranus builds up in the planet's st
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Electromagnetic 'tug-of-war' lights up Jupiter's upper atmosphere, says st
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leicester [England], February 3 (ANI): The largest planet of the solar system, Jupiter, houses a lot of mysteries in it. New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex 'tug-of-war' lights up aurorae in Jupiter's upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NAS
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Sounds from around the Milky Way
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The center of our Milky Way galaxy is too distant for us to visit in person, but we can still explore it. Telescopes give us a chance to see what the galactic center looks like in different types of light. By translating the inherently digital data (in th
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Holding up mirror to a dark matter discrepancy
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): The universe's funhouse mirrors are revealing a difference between how dark matter behaves in theory and how it appears to act in reality.
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Hubble maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], Aug 28 (ANI): In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbour.
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Hubble helps uncover mystery of Betelgeuse's dimming
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Garching [Germany], August 14 (ANI): New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight comin
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures summertime on Saturn
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [USA], July 24 (ANI): Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent giant world was 839 million miles from the Earth. This new Saturn image was taken during summer in the planet's
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NASA's telescope captures cosmic flapping 'Bat Shadow'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of a fledgling star's unseen, planet-forming disk casting a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region -- like a fly wandering into the beam of a flashlight shining on a wall.
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