5 h. ago Mysterious interstellar object is caught on camera hurtling through the solar system

Using a powerful telescope in Hawaii , the European Space Agency (ESA) has now captured the first video of 3I/ATLAS as it makes its journey through space.

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48 h. ago NASA captures unprecedented image of 'lightest planet ever seen'

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted TWA 7b, a Saturn-sized exoplanet around a nearby star

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51 h. ago First ever 'double supernova' spotted in stunning image of star 160,000 light years away

A space telescope has captured the first ever evidence of a star "double detonation" as it reached the end of its life

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8 d. ago James Webb telescope captures its first direct image of a glowing exoplanet the size of Saturn

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an unprecedented image of an exoplanet outside our solar system.

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9 d. ago NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just found its first exoplanet

The planet is 110 light-years away from Earth and has the smallest mass observed by direct imagery

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9 d. ago James Webb telescope captures unprecedented direct images of exoplanet

About the mass of Saturn and 110m light years from Earth, TWA 7 b provides insights into an infant planetary systemThe James Webb space telescope has captured unprecedented direct images of a planet beyond our own solar system in its first exoplanet discovery.The observations reveal a planet, called TWA 7 b, carving its way through a disc of glowing dust and rocky debris in orbit around a star 110m light years from Earth. About the mass of Saturn, the planet is 10 times less massive than any previous exoplanet to be directly observed with a telescope and provides fresh insights into a planetary system in its infancy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine? – podcast

Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover what lies in the farthest reaches of the solar system. The Vera C Rubin Observatory released its first images this week, and soon the world’s most powerful digital camera will be pointing across the whole of the night sky. Scientists are hopeful that if planet nine exists, the telescope will find it within its first year of operation. Ian Sample is joined by Dr Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, to find out how Pluto lost its planetary status, why scientists think there could be another super-Earth, and why planet nine has been so hard to findClips: BBC, NBC, CBCFirst images of distant galaxies captured by ‘ultimate’ telescope Continue reading...

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1 week ago First images of distant galaxies captured by ‘ultimate’ telescope

Stunning pictures from Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile released at start of 10-year survey of cosmosSpectacular views of distant galaxies, giant dust clouds and hurtling asteroids have been revealed in the first images captured by a groundbreaking telescope that is embarking on a 10-year survey of the cosmos.The stunning pictures from the $810m (£595m) Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile mark the start of what astronomers believe will be a gamechanging period of discovery as the telescope sets about compiling the best view yet of the universe in action. Continue reading...

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