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How Trump’s budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration has been disrupting the infrastructure of U.S. science over the last few months, its…

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James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week

QUICK FACTS What it is: The open star clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 Where it is: 200,000 light-years away,…

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James Webb Space Telescope unwraps the dusty shrouds of dying stars

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the dusty shrouds that envelope dying stars. The investigation…

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James Webb telescope spots ‘Cosmic Owl,’ super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies

Whoooooo’s there? Just a “Cosmic Owl,” the latest strange discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A new study…

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BANG! James Webb telescope catches stray galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week

What it is: The Bullet Cluster Where it is: 3.7 billion light-years from Earth, in the constellation Carina When it…

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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk…

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Mysterious ‘rogue’ objects discovered by James Webb telescope may not actually exist, new simulations hint

Mysterious “rogue” pairs of Jupiter-size objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are a tiny fraction of those…

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James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size ‘shepherd’ still glowing red hot from its formation

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first direct image of a planet in a remote solar system,…

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James Webb telescope ups the odds that ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its final look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4, at least…

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Go inside the development of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope with new ‘Cosmic Dawn’ documentary

For space fans, June has something extra to enjoy, as NASA recently released “Cosmic Dawn,” a new “intimate access” documentary…

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