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James Webb Space Telescope finds strongest evidence yet for atmosphere around rocky exoplanet: 'It's really like a wet lava ball'

This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. Astronomers using the James ...

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Stellar Jet Spanning 8 Light-Years

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) captured a massive stellar jet in the Sharpless 2-284 (Sh2-284 ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught on camera in new images from Hubble Space Telescope and JUICE Jupiter probe

Discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed visitor from another ...

Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been built—all set to unlock new secrets of the universe

The final milestone in construction was reached on November 25, as technicians carefully joined the giant telescope's inner ...

Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study

A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from ...
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First stars and galaxies in the Universe give astronomers dark matter clues

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.
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James Webb Space Telescope spots mysterious twin helium tails streaming from a distant hot Jupiter

The James Webb Space Telescope finds WASP-121b leaking two long helium tails, offering new insight into atmospheric escape on hot Jupiter exoplanets ...

Astronomers warn satellite growth may contaminate nearly all space telescope data

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...
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More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

NASA's Hubble telescope gets another look at 3I/ATLAS. Here's what it found

New 3I/ATLAS images from NASA and the ESA suggest the interstellar comet is active as it approaches Earth in December.
Scientific American

Satellites Swarming Low-Earth Orbit Threaten Space Telescopes

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...