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Recent observations of baby star HOPS-315 could help uncover the mystery surrounding our own solar system.
OUT OF THIS WORLD

Astronomers Witness Birth of a Solar System for First Time

The recent discovery might help astronomers pick apart the mystery behind our own solar system.

Jasmine Venet

 A nebula made of many layers of cloudy, colourful material. The top-left side of the image is brightly lit, filled with wispy, thin material in pale shades of pink and blue. A thick bar of denser, cloudier material crosses diagonally at the bottom right.
FAR OUT

NASA’s Webb Telescope Cracks a 40-Year-Old Space Mystery

The compound “is the heart of much of interstellar chemistry.”

Tony Ho Tran

a young star called Fomalhaut looking like an orange nova surrounded by rings upon rings
COSMIC NURSERY

NASA Snaps Insane Photo of Dust Rings Around a Nearby Star

All that dust is going to form into a couple of new planets someday.

Neel V. Patel

Image of Stephans Quintet
KA-BOOM

NASA’s Telescope Spots Sonic Boom Bigger Than the Milky Way

Here’s what happens when galaxies violently collide.

Tony Ho Tran

image: The Southern Ring Nebula with stars visible as bright red and blue objects.
PARTY DOWN

NASA’s Webb Telescope Spots a Jamboree of Stars in a Nebula

An exquisite follow-up to a record-setting photo taken earlier this year.

Neel V. Patel

image: a mass of blue to represent deposits of superheated gas that could only be seen in X-ray light
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

NASA’s Webb Telescope’s Powers Get Boosted With X-Ray Vision

Data from the 23-year-old Chandra X-ray Observatory add new hues to photos of the cosmos.

Maddie Bender

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n important feature of Webb: the ability to more deeply study and observe the atmosphere and conditions of exoplanets. This is crucial to find regions of space that might be hospitable for life.
BRIGHT FUTURE

The Next Phase of NASA’s Telescope Will Blow Your Mind

“We really haven’t even started trying yet.”

Tony Ho Tran

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