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Blazing comet tail is whipped by solar winds in astonishing astronomy photo
By Stephanie Pappas published
A never-to-be-seen-again view of Comet Leonard took top prize at the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

Stunningly perfect 'Einstein ring' captured by James Webb Space Telescope
By Harry Baker last updated
A new image using data collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off one of the most perfect "Einstein rings" ever captured.

New James Webb Space Telescope test image reveals deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe
By Tereza Pultarova published
An engineering image acquired during testing of one of James Webb Space Telescope's instruments reveals hundreds of distant galaxies in the deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe.

Rogue black hole wandering Milky Way alone proves Einstein right again
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have directly measured the mass and velocity of an isolated black hole for the first time using gravitational lensing.

What is the universe?
By Paul Sutter published
Reference It's quite a big question and a lot is still unknown about the universe, but we'll tell you everything that we do know, from how the universe was created, how old it is and what it's even made of.

Hubble spots most distant star ever seen, 28 billion light-years away
By Mindy Weisberger published
A star that formed when the universe was young was recently spotted by Hubble space telescope. It's the most distant star ever seen and could be 500 times as massive as the sun.

Cosmic robbery could explain lack of dark matter in some galaxies
By Samantha Mathewson published
Large galaxies may steal dark matter from smaller galaxies they nearly collide with, new research suggests.

In a historic launch, the Webb Telescope blasts off into space
By Mindy Weisberger published
An international partnership of space agencies just launched JWST, the biggest, most powerful space telescope ever made, in an achievement that was decades in the making.
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