Tiny Telescope, Big Discoveries: How ExTrA Hunts for Earth-Like Worlds
Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...
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Spectacular celestial image of a newborn star's dust looks like a 1990s psychedelic rave flier
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning image of the gas and dust around a newborn star in the constellation ...
Space telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood
Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million ...
Euclid 'dark universe' telescope discovers stunning Einstein ring in warped space-time (image)
The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...
Hubble Captures a Stunning Cosmic Cloud That Builds Stars
The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.