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NASA says a recently spotted star cluster bears an uncanny resemblance to a holiday wreath and have named it "cosmic wreath" as a result. ... not even in space. ... yellow, green and blue ring ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a deep drive into a highly intriguing and massive young stellar ...
Those stars include yellow hypergiants that are around a million times brighter than our sun, as well. Since the stars populating the cluster have a comparatively short life, scientists believe it ...
The holiday spirit is pervasive and undeniable, with festivities reaching 200,000 light years away. Celestial bodies are celebrating. Just in time for Christmas, NASA spotted a star cluster ...
Data collected from both the Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope were combined to depict NGC 602, a star cluster located on the outskirts of a not-so-distant galaxy some ...
The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...
Stunning NASA space images that will leave you in awe. ... A star cluster within a nebula. Photo Credit: ... bluish-yellow oval is intersected by a wispy hourglass-shaped cloud of red.
Space news and reference site. Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared, high-resolution image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 Photo courtesy of NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI ...
The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.
It's the ultimate example of a "super star cluster." While most such clusters are about 10,000 times the sun's mass, Westerlund 1 is 50,000 to 100,000 times the solar mass.