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Subaru Telescope inspires JWST Firecracker discovery
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 by Richard Harris
The stunning image of a “firecracker” at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy recently released by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), would not have happened without previous observations of the same area by the Subaru Telescope. The Subaru Telescope (left, Credit: NAOJ) and ...
Gamma ray burst collection rivals 250 year old Messier catalogue
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Richard Harris
Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it "rivals the catalogue of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago", astronomers say. GRBs are the most violent explosions in the Universe, releasing more energy than the ...
Digel Cloud 2S examined by NASAs JWST
Friday, September 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center. (For comparison, Earth is approximately 26,000 ligh...