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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the best known and most successful observatory in history, delivering unprecedented images that have tantalized the public and astronomers alike for more than 30 …read more Continue reading NASA’s Flying Telescope is Winding Down Operations
Astronomers have found a distant galaxy that has managed to continue making new stars despite the presence of a disruptive “cold quasar” raging at its core. The discovery was made using the airborne SOFIA telescope, which, mounted in the side of a spec… Continue reading Starbirth in spite of feasting black hole prompts galaxy evolution rethink
Astronomers have detected water on the Moon. While that statement might sound all too familiar in recent years, previous reports were based on spectral signatures that could have been other related compounds – this time, the detection is unambiguously … Continue reading Molecular water “unambiguously” detected on the Moon for first time
Earth is a famously wet planet, but where all that water came from in the first place remains a mystery. The most commonly-accepted theory is that comets and asteroids delivered it via impacts during the early days of Earth, and now a NASA st… Continue reading Earth-buzzing comet found carrying "ocean-like" water