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"Celestial Monster" Stars Up To 10,000 Times Our Sun's Mass Left Clues For JWSTThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 6388, a dynamically middle-aged globular cluster in the Milky Way. While the cluster formed in the distant past (like all globular clusters, it is over ten billion years old), a study of the distribution of bright blue stars within the cluster shows that it has aged at a moderate speed, and its heaviest stars are in the process of migrating to the centre."Celestial Monster" Stars Up To 10,000 Times Our Sun's Mass Left Clues For JWSTThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 6388, a dynamically middle-aged globular cluster in the Milky Way. While the cluster formed in the distant past (like all globular clusters, it is over ten billion years old), a study of the distribution of bright blue stars within the cluster shows that it has aged at a moderate speed, and its heaviest stars are in the process of migrating to the centre.
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"Celestial Monster" Stars Up To 10,000 Times Our Sun's Mass Left Clues For JWST

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Mosaic Of 1 Million Images Creates Incredible Atlas Of Birthplace Of StarsThis image shows the region Lupus 2. New stars are born in the colourful clouds of gas and dust seen here. The infrared observations underlying this image reveal new details in the star-forming regions that are usually obscured by the clouds of dust. Mosaic Of 1 Million Images Creates Incredible Atlas Of Birthplace Of StarsThis image shows the region Lupus 2. New stars are born in the colourful clouds of gas and dust seen here. The infrared observations underlying this image reveal new details in the star-forming regions that are usually obscured by the clouds of dust.
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Mosaic Of 1 Million Images Creates Incredible Atlas Of Birthplace Of Stars

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Suspected Runaway Supermassive Black Hole May Not Be What It SeemsThe mysterious object (top) copared to the much closer IC5249 as seen in the ultraviolet (middle) and visible light. All three images have the same spatial scaleSuspected Runaway Supermassive Black Hole May Not Be What It SeemsThe mysterious object (top) copared to the much closer IC5249 as seen in the ultraviolet (middle) and visible light. All three images have the same spatial scale
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Suspected Runaway Supermassive Black Hole May Not Be What It Seems

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Shadows Of Forming Planets Tracked By HubbleThis artist's concept is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae. Hubble Space Telescope photos show shadows sweeping across the disks encircling the system. The interpretation is these shadows are from slightly inclined inner disks that block starlight from reaching the outer disk, and therefore are casting a shadow. The disks are slightly inclined to each other due to the gravitational pull of unseen planets warping the disk structure.Shadows Of Forming Planets Tracked By HubbleThis artist's concept is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae. Hubble Space Telescope photos show shadows sweeping across the disks encircling the system. The interpretation is these shadows are from slightly inclined inner disks that block starlight from reaching the outer disk, and therefore are casting a shadow. The disks are slightly inclined to each other due to the gravitational pull of unseen planets warping the disk structure.
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Shadows Of Forming Planets Tracked By Hubble

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Remains Of The First-Ever Supernovae In The Universe Finally SpottedThis diagram illustrates how astronomers can analyse the chemical composition of distant clouds of gas using the light of a background object like a quasar as a beacon. When the light of the quasar passes through the gas cloud, the chemical elements in it absorb different colours or wavelengths, leaving dark lines in the spectrum of the quasar. Each element leaves a different set of lines, so by studying the spectrum astronomers can work out the chemical composition of the intervening gas cloud.Remains Of The First-Ever Supernovae In The Universe Finally SpottedThis diagram illustrates how astronomers can analyse the chemical composition of distant clouds of gas using the light of a background object like a quasar as a beacon. When the light of the quasar passes through the gas cloud, the chemical elements in it absorb different colours or wavelengths, leaving dark lines in the spectrum of the quasar. Each element leaves a different set of lines, so by studying the spectrum astronomers can work out the chemical composition of the intervening gas cloud.
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Remains Of The First-Ever Supernovae In The Universe Finally Spotted

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"Scary Barbie” Is The Brightest, Most Energetic, And Longest Spaghettification YetTaking a leaf from the Barbie Movie promotional campaign, an artist impression of a supermassive black hole eating a star is shown with the tag line This Barbie is Eating A Massive Star"Scary Barbie” Is The Brightest, Most Energetic, And Longest Spaghettification YetTaking a leaf from the Barbie Movie promotional campaign, an artist impression of a supermassive black hole eating a star is shown with the tag line This Barbie is Eating A Massive Star
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"Scary Barbie” Is The Brightest, Most Energetic, And Longest Spaghettification Yet

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Magnetism May Allow This Pulsar To Shine Brighter Than Physics Currently AllowsArtist's impression of the ultraluminous pulsar M82 X-2, its extreme magnetic field lines and the rivers of gas flowing from its companionMagnetism May Allow This Pulsar To Shine Brighter Than Physics Currently AllowsArtist's impression of the ultraluminous pulsar M82 X-2, its extreme magnetic field lines and the rivers of gas flowing from its companion
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Magnetism May Allow This Pulsar To Shine Brighter Than Physics Currently Allows

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How Do We Know The Age Of Stars?Artist impression of an active red star with a planet transiting in front of it.How Do We Know The Age Of Stars?Artist impression of an active red star with a planet transiting in front of it.
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How Do We Know The Age Of Stars?

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JWST Spots Furthest Known Supermassive Black Hole And It's A Whoppera bright source is present in a galaxy with wide sprial arms with little strs. A globular cluster is also presentJWST Spots Furthest Known Supermassive Black Hole And It's A Whoppera bright source is present in a galaxy with wide sprial arms with little strs. A globular cluster is also present
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JWST Spots Furthest Known Supermassive Black Hole And It's A Whopper

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Earth-like Planet’s Magnetic Field Suspected Of Causing Auroras On A StarArtist's impression of the interaction between the magnetic field of YZ Ceti and that of its innermost planetEarth-like Planet’s Magnetic Field Suspected Of Causing Auroras On A StarArtist's impression of the interaction between the magnetic field of YZ Ceti and that of its innermost planet
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Earth-like Planet’s Magnetic Field Suspected Of Causing Auroras On A Star

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Terminator Zones Could Be Sanctuaries For Life Around Faint StarsArtist's impression of a world with a thin habitable zone between hot desert on the sunside and a solid cap of ice facing eternal night.Terminator Zones Could Be Sanctuaries For Life Around Faint StarsArtist's impression of a world with a thin habitable zone between hot desert on the sunside and a solid cap of ice facing eternal night.
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Terminator Zones Could Be Sanctuaries For Life Around Faint Stars

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Turns Out Star Trek's Planet Vulcan Doesn't Exist After AllA planet is in the foreground only a crescen it lit by a distante yellow sun.Turns Out Star Trek's Planet Vulcan Doesn't Exist After AllA planet is in the foreground only a crescen it lit by a distante yellow sun.
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Turns Out Star Trek's Planet Vulcan Doesn't Exist After All

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Newly Discovered Comet Could Outshine The Brightest Stars Next YearThe last time the Earth saw a very bright comet it was McNaught (pictured) in 2007, but only the Southern Hemisphere could see it near its brightest. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may never get this bright, but if it does the whole world will be able to see.Newly Discovered Comet Could Outshine The Brightest Stars Next YearThe last time the Earth saw a very bright comet it was McNaught (pictured) in 2007, but only the Southern Hemisphere could see it near its brightest. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may never get this bright, but if it does the whole world will be able to see.
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Newly Discovered Comet Could Outshine The Brightest Stars Next Year

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A Giant Baby Star Is Forming In The Galaxy’s Most Dangerous LocationThe center of our galaxy is a crowded place. In the middle of this image is Sagittarius A*, but it is not visible, being a black hole and all. Also not visible in this image is a star forming improbably close to it.A Giant Baby Star Is Forming In The Galaxy’s Most Dangerous LocationThe center of our galaxy is a crowded place. In the middle of this image is Sagittarius A*, but it is not visible, being a black hole and all. Also not visible in this image is a star forming improbably close to it.
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A Giant Baby Star Is Forming In The Galaxy’s Most Dangerous Location

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Rumors Of The Milky Way's Death Are Greatly ExaggeratedMilky Way galaxyRumors Of The Milky Way's Death Are Greatly ExaggeratedMilky Way galaxy
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Rumors Of The Milky Way's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

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