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James Webb telescope spots Milky Way's long-lost 'twin' — and it is 'fundamentally changing our view of the early universe'
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers most distant and earliest Milky Way 'twin' ever seen. Meet dragon-galaxy Zhúlóng (image)
Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...
New form of dark matter could solve decades-old Milky Way mystery
Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...
Scientists say they’ve found signs of life on one exoplanet. There could be more than 10 billion others
The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...
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Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields ...
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Meet Zhúlóng, The Milky Way 'Twin' That Shakes Up Our Cosmic Timeline
Back when the Universe was new, following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, galaxies took a bit of time to assemble ...
Half of Universe's Normal Matter Was 'Missing'; Astronomers Have Found It
Astronomers may have found the long-missing half of the universe's regular matter—and it appears to have been right under our ...
The Milky Way exists in a cosmic void that breaks the laws of cosmology
In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...
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Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds
An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...
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James Webb Just Found the Milky Way’s Long-Lost Twin—and It’s Breaking All the Rules
In a stunning find, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a spiral galaxy so eerily similar to our own Milky Way that it’s been dubbed a “long-lost twin.” The ...