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Webb Sees a Supernova Go Off in a Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy – for the Second Time
Nature, in its infinite inventiveness, provides natural astronomical lenses that allow us to see objects beyond…
It’s Time for Saturn’s “Spokes” to Return
Astronomers have been observing Saturn with the Hubble Space Telescope and several other spacecraft for decades…
We Just had the Strongest Solar Flare in the Current Solar Cycle
On December 14th, at 12:02 PM Eastern (09:02 AM Pacific), the Sun unleashed a massive solar…
Finally. A Productive Use for Nuclear Weapons: Asteroid Defence
While it has been a favorite disaster movie theme, nuking an incoming asteroid in the real…
It Doesn’t Take Much to Get a Runaway Greenhouse Effect
During the 1960s, the first robotic explorers began making flybys of Venus, including the Soviet Venera…
Enjoy the Holiday-Themed Christmas Tree Cluster
Just in time for the holidays, a new composite image of the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC…
Astronomers Find the Birthplaces of Stars in the Whirlpool Galaxy
Understanding how star-forming works at a galactic scale is challenging in our Milky Way. While we…
The Strangest Coincidence in Physics: The AdS/CFT Correspondence
Attempts to turn string theory into a workable theory of nature have led to the potential…
A New View of Uranus’ North Pole from JWST
One cool thing about Uranus is that its orientation, compared to the rest of the solar…