Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Neutron stars may contain matter that "does not exist anywhere else"

Scientists said that the inside of neutron stars might contain a form of ultradense matter not found elsewhere in the cosmos.

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Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
Image Credit & Copyright: Long Xin

 

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The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby

 

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Perseverance Mars rover digs into intriguing 'Bright Angel' rock formation (photo)

Some scientists think that Bright Angel's rocks represent older material that was exposed by now-vanished water eroding the ground.

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The Dark Doodad Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh & Rocco Sung

 

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'The early universe is nothing like we expected': James Webb telescope reveals 'new understanding' of how galaxies formed at cosmic dawn

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed five extremely dense proto-globular clusters along a hair-thin arc of glittering stars. The discovery could help them understand how the earliest galaxies formed.

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JADES-GS-z14-0: A New Farthest Object
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), P. Cargile (CfA)

 

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Protostellar Outflows in Serpens
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI)

 

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If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal vents

If there's life on Europa or Enceladus, it could have a network of deep-sea hydrothermal vents to thank for its existence.

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Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`

 

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'Immortal stars' could feast on dark matter in the Milky Way’s heart

These stars might be using dark matter as fuel.

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Comet 13P/Olbers
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`

 

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How many moons are in the solar system?

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

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ELT and the Milky Way
Image Credit & License: European Southern Observatory - Courtesy: Jens Scheidtmann

 

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Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system's largest volcano

"We just decided to turn the camera on and see how it looked."

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A View Toward M106
Image Credit & Copyright: Kyunghoon Lim

 

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See the sun rage behind the ISS in epic time-lapse photo

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro takes Space.com step-by-step through how such a breathtaking solar photo was made.

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NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster
Image Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al;
Optical: Hubble: NASA/STScI; Infrared: Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech

 

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Lego-inspired 'space bricks' could help scientists design moon habitats. Here's how

"It was both fun and useful."

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M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Sidonio

 

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Boeing's Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says

Ground testing on Starliner's thruster system could start as soon as today (July 2).

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Time Spiral
Illustration Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi via Wikipedia

 

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Astrophysicists may have solved mystery of Uranus's radiation belts

Voyager 2's fly-by of Uranus in 1986 detected that its radiation belt was weaker than expected.

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