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With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus
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Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to…

Apr 14, 2025
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X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet
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This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula’s…

Apr 2, 2025
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X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds
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A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first…

Mar 4, 2025
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Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole
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International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never…

Jan 13, 2025
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NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!
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NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as…

Nov 4, 2024
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Little Dumbbell Nebula (WFC3 Image)
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In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of…

Apr 23, 2024
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Little Dumbbell Nebula (WFC3 Compass Image)
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This is an annotated Hubble Space Telescope image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern…

Apr 23, 2024
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Zoom to the Little Dumbbell Nebula
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A zoom into the constellation Perseus reveals the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Also known as…

Apr 23, 2024
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