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RCW 38 is a young cluster containing about 2000 stars, and is bursting with star-forming activity. ESO/VVVX survey A stunning image of star cluster RCW 38 has been captured by a telescope in Chile ...
HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.
As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...
This blurs the image of a star and is the ultimate limit of resolution for any ground-based telescope. The effect that causes the overall blurring of images is called “seeing.” The ...
A stunning corner of the cosmos was recently revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, and astronomers think the find will unveil more about the mysteries of both star and planet formation.