Hubble 100

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  Hubble Spots Distant Supernova in Gemini, Enhancing Cosmic Distance Studies

  The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of SN 2022aajn, a Type Ia supernova in the constellation Gemini. Located 600 million light-years away, the explosion was first detected in November 2022. Type Ia supernovae serve as essential cosmic distance markers due to their predictable brightness. Hubble’s observations, part o...

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  Hubble Space Telescope Unveils IC 3225, the Cannonball Galaxy in Virgo

  The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a remarkable image of the spiral galaxy IC 3225, which resembles a cannonball moving through space. Located approximately 100 million light-years away in the Virgo galaxy cluster, IC 3225 exhibits distinct features, including a bright, star-forming arm and a tail of gas. The galaxy's unusual shape results fro...

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  Here's How AI is Helping Astronomers to Understand Universe's Fundamental Parameters

  Artificial intelligence is advancing the field of cosmology by enabling astronomers to determine five fundamental cosmological parameters with remarkable precision. Researchers from the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City have used AI to analyse extensive data from over 100,000 galaxies, observed throug...

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  Hubble Captures Outstretched Arms Of Spiral Galaxy About 100 Million Light-Years Away

  The image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows outstretched arms of a large spiral galaxy about 100 million light-years away.

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  NASA Shares Breathtaking Images Of Cosmic Object 160,000 Light-Years Away

  The American space agency informed that this 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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  NASA Shares Largest-Ever Image Of Andromeda Galaxy, Internet Calls It "Extraordinarily Beautiful"

  American space agency NASA on Sunday shared the "largest-ever" image assembled of the Andromeda galaxy by the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture was captured seven years ago and it is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of the galaxy.

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  NASA’s James Webb Telescope Could Make Discoveries Yet to Be Imagined, Astronomers Say

  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s most revolutionary findings may turn out to be accidental discoveries or answers to questions yet to be asked, according to astronomers. Experts say that the observatory's most consequential discoveries may well be those they have yet to even imagine. The JWST is 100 times more sensitive than its 30-year-old ...

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  James Webb Space Telescope Will Help Observe Over 100 Galaxies at a Time: Here's How

  The James Webb Space Telescope is being fitted with NIRSpec, the Near Infrared Spectrograph that will allow scientists to observe at least 100 galaxies at a time. It is over 100 times better than a similar instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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  NASA Explains Why James Webb Space Telescope Uses 'Salty' Lenses

  As NASA completes all major deployments of the James Webb Space Telescope and the observatory enters a “cooling” period, the agency is sharing some interesting facts about the $10-billion (roughly Rs. 74,100 core) observatory. These include some lenses which are made out of salt. But why does this infrared telescope need a “salty” lens?

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  James Webb Space Telescope: NASA Begins Months-Long Process of Bringing Space Observatory Into Focus

  NASA embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary eye in the sky to begin peering into the cosmos by early summer.

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  NASA's Next Generation Space Telescope Plan Takes a Pause

  NASA said it is initiating an independent external review to know how long it will take and how much it will cost to build the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

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  NASA's Hubble Detects Supermassive Black Hole That Was Kicked Out of Galactic Core by Gravitational Waves

  Researchers estimate that it took the equivalent energy of 100 million supernovas exploding simultaneously to jettison the black hole.

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  Original Seeds of Supermassive Black Holes Spotted: Study

  "Black hole seeds are extremely hard to find and confirming their detection is very difficult. However, we think our research has uncovered the two best candidates so far."

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  Hubble Spots Super-Hot Star 'Inflating' Giant Bubble

  To mark the 26th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have unveiled an image captured by it of an enormous bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star located 7,100 light-years from Earth.

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  Hubble Space Telescope Unveils 9 New Monster Stars

  Using the unique ultraviolet capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has identified nine monster stars with masses over 100 times the mass of the sun in the star cluster R136.