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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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NASA's Webb uncovers star formation in cluster's dusty ribbons
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less mysterious with new findings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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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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James Webb telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars, elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks, at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. The finding of so-called barred galaxies,
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Astronomers discover clues about stellar 'glitching'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest stars in the sky. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, an international team of researchers has found new evidence that red giants, dying stars that have exhausted their supply of hydrogen and are in the
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Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Rice University astronomer Megan Reiter and colleagues took a "deep dive" into one of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and were rewarded with the discovery of telltale signs from two dozen previously unseen young stars about 7,500 light years from Earth.
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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, 3 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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Researchers reveal that meteorites could have given Earth building blocks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids life's building blocks to our planet. Now, researchers h
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NASA missions probe game-changing cosmic explosion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Dec. 11, 2021, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a blast of high-energy light from the outskirts of a galaxy around 1 billion light-years away. The event has rattled scientists' understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful ev
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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape the iconic Pillars of Creation where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far mor
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Scientists discover swirling galaxies unite around red quasar in 'monster'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity
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