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Uncovered Debris From A Star’s Catastrophic Explosion Could Finally Explain Why Stars Go Supernova

Monday marks the anniversary of when astronomers pointed an Italian telescope to look at a recent supernova.

Inverse · Sep 12, 2023

Webb Telescope Just Captured an Iconic Hubble Target in Incredible Detail

JWST's Near InfraRed Camera reveals the afterlife of a Sun-like star in intricate detail.

Inverse · Aug 7, 2023

Hubble telescope hunts for a black hole among a brilliant field of stars (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of a distant star cluster that could help us better understand how such clusters evolve and even reveal the elusive black holes at their hearts.

Space · May 31, 2023

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The universe looks amazing in new photos from the James Webb Space Telescope and famed X-ray observatory

Stunning new NASA images depict our universe in all its visible, and invisible, glory thanks to the combined powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

Space · May 26, 2023

This new supernova is the closest to Earth in a decade. It's visible in the night sky right now.

During the last few days, astronomers have been pointing their telescopes toward a familiar celestial object in our spring night sky for a look at a rare event: A new supernova.

Space · May 23, 2023

Look! Hubble Image Celebrates the Telescope’s 33rd Anniversary with a Cosmic “Laser Lightshow”

This gorgeous Hubble image is a celebration of the telescope's 33rd space birthday.

Inverse · Apr 20, 2023

Hubble Space Telescope spies 'irregular' spiral galaxy in Ursa Major (photo)

An image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures an irregular spiral galaxy known as NGC 5486, which lies close to the much larger and well-known Pinwheel Galaxy.

Space · Mar 20, 2023

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New Hubble image reveals a glittering starburst exploding deep within the Milky Way

The Hubble Space Telescope keeps on delivering, after 30+ years in service.

Inverse · Jan 3, 2023

Look! New Hubble image displays a dazzling disco ball of stars

This glittering star cluster lives so close to the center of our galaxy that tidal forces are stripping away its outermost stars.

Inverse · Nov 28, 2022

Look: Webb and Hubble telescopes team up to image a dust-shrouded galaxy

Webb and Hubble teamed up to help astronomers study cosmic dust in a spiral galaxy -- and discovered an even more distant galaxy in the process.

Inverse · Oct 5, 2022

Is the universe going to rip itself apart? This spiral galaxy could hold a clue

The galaxy at the heart of a new Hubble image is helping astronomers answer that question more precisely.

Inverse · Oct 3, 2022

New Webb Telescope image reveals an eerie portrait of a familiar galaxy

Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument reveals a network of scaffolding behind galaxy IC 5332's iconic spiral structure.

Inverse · Sep 27, 2022

Look! This new Webb Telescope picture of the beloved Orion Nebula is glorious

Webb takes us inside a nearby nebula to shed light on the mysteries of star formation in the recent universe.

Inverse · Sep 13, 2022

New Webb telescope observations throw a wrench in our understanding of the Big Bang

The latest Webb observations do reveal some strange and unexpected things about the universe

Inverse · Aug 28, 2022

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ABC News · Aug 16, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope images reveal stunning galaxies, complex adolescent cosmos

The adolescent universe was much more complex than imagined, some of the first detailed snapshots of the early cosmos reveal.

Inverse · Aug 9, 2022

Look! Hubble snaps a dazzling image of the Orion Nebula's surreal rainbow clouds

A new image captures a startling star-forming region in the iconic constellation.

Inverse · Jun 29, 2022

Webb Telescope will take aim at one of Hubble's most iconic targets

The James Webb Space Telescope will stare into the Hubble Deep Field and unearth our universe's infancy.

Inverse · Jun 28, 2022

Incredible Hubble images reveal how the Webb Telescope will use galaxies to bend light

This kind of "natural telescope" will help the Webb telescope study the oldest galaxies in the universe.

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Inverse · Jun 23, 2022

Hubble image shows a glittering globular cluster of stars 23,000 light years away

Hubble recently captured this image of the dazzling heart of globular cluster Terzan 9, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Inverse · Jun 20, 2022

Hubble telescope figures out the trick to weighing a lonely black hole

The team said that the very intense gravity of the black hole will stretch out the duration of the lensing event for over 200 days.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

Mind that satellite! The mission to clean up dangerous space junk

As soon as we left the planet, we began leaving rubbish in orbit. Now it is putting space stations and astronauts at risk. What can be done about the millions of pieces of debris?

Inverse · Apr 20, 2022

Look! Dazzling Hubble birthday image shows five galaxies bunched together

32 years after the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA is celebrating the occasion with a stunning photo of the Hickson Compact Group 40.

Inverse · Apr 14, 2022

What is gravitational lensing? 107 years later, a phenomenon predicted by Einstein is still bearing fruit

A massive object can act like a massive magnifying glass under the right conditions.

Inverse · Apr 13, 2022

Astronomers finally figure out the size of the largest comet ever found — and it's twice as big as Rhode Island

Comet C/2014 UN271 is twice the size of Rhode Island and the same size as the Death Star, and will swoop by Saturn in 2031.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2022

Astronomers think they've just spotted an 'invisible' black hole for the first time

Astronomers famously snapped the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now another team using the Hubble Space Telescope seems to have finally found something nobody has seen before: a…

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