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Scientists find 'strongest sign to date' of possible life on a distant planet

The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms.

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Scientists finally know how long a day on Uranus is

An 11-year Hubble study has finally revealed how long a day lasts on Uranus.

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James Webb telescope captures auroras on Neptune for first time ever

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago.

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James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds

JWST could potentially detect the signature of methyl halide compounds, produced by microbial life in Earth's ocean, on hypothetical hycean exoplanets.

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You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. It’s a cosmic giant whose light has travelled over 12 billion years to reach us. We’ve dubbed it the Big Wheel, with our findings published today in Nature Astronomy.

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'Cosmic Horseshoe' may contain black hole the size of 36 billion suns — one of the largest ever detected

The "Cosmic Horseshoe" is an Einstein ring, a system made up of a foreground galaxy whose mass is so great, it warps the light from a galaxy behind it. Now, astronomers know where it gets this mass from.

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Euclid telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' hiding near Earth — and an ancient, unnamed galaxy behind it

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a cosmic stone's throw from our own planet.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to solve 'impossible' planet mystery

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.

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What does the NASA administrator do?

NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also help build political support for space exploration.

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Science news this week: Killer squirrels and an unexpected amulet

Dec. 20, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Black hole paradox that stumped Stephen Hawking may have a solution, new paper claims

As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a new theory suggests.

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Bringing the universe into focus

In “Pillars of Creation,” Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is altering our view of the cosmos

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'Eight billion bucks or bust': From pirates to 'stupid mistakes' — the wild story of how James Webb Space Telescope almost failed to launch

"Budget overruns, bureaucratic malfeasance, congressional oversight, review-board reckonings, the whole process of rethinking how to test a space telescope from the ground up: Webb had survived them all. One other factor, however, continued to create havoc with the budget and the launch timeline deep into the 2010s — what Menzel…

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What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth

Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts currently “stranded” on the International Space Station, than…

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'Impossible' black holes discovered by the James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

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James Webb telescope spots 'feasting' black hole eating 40 times faster than should be possible

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible.

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Black holes could be driving the expansion of the universe, new study suggests

An artist's rendering of a black hole

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Euclid telescope reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there's still 99% to go

The first piece of the Euclid space telescope's map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done.

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James Webb Space Telescope is 'science and magic rolled together,' says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells us about the power of the James Webb Space Telescope and how she inspires disadvantaged students to enter STEM.

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James Webb telescope watches ancient supernova replay 3 times — and confirms something is seriously wrong in our understanding of the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on an ancient supernova, revealing fresh evidence that a crisis in cosmology called the Hubble tension isn't going anywhere soon.

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Major League Eating: The Sport Of Stuffing Your Face

Each man gobbled up 44 pork rolls in 10 minutes, but it was the last bite that earned one of them the $2,000 top prize in the very American pastime of competitive eating.

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James Webb telescope spots rare 'missing link' galaxy at the dawn of time

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a rare galaxy at the dawn of time that may be a "missing link" between the oldest generation of stars and the ones we see near Earth.

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Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope image

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.

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Monster black hole is starving its host galaxy to death, James Webb telescope reveals

New observations with JWST have confirmed that supermassive black holes have the power to quench star formation across their surrounding galaxies.

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What??? James Webb telescope finds giant question mark in space

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a pair of distant galaxies being twisted into a cosmic question mark thanks to a rare form of gravitational lensing.

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