Scientists have discovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter‘s moon Ganymede, according to NASA.
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Having Lost Its Original Atmosphere, This Freaky Planet Is Now Growing a New One
The First Exoplanet Known to Contain Helium Is a Truly Alien World
In addition to filling balloons at birthday parties, helium can be found scattered throughout the cosmos. To date, however, scientists have struggled to detect the ubiquitous element on distant worlds, even though the gas is certain to be there. But that’s now changed, thanks to the discovery of helium on a Jupiter-sized world located 200 light-years from Earth—but that’s only part of the story. Continue reading The First Exoplanet Known to Contain Helium Is a Truly Alien World
Mon-Stars! Cluster of Massive Suns Spotted by Hubble Telescope
Some of the biggest and brightest stars in the universe are packed within a single cluster, a new study reveals.
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This Distant Galaxy Appeared Just 400 Million Years After the Big Bang
NASA scientists have captured a remarkable glimpse of a primordial compact galaxy that came into existence at a time when the Universe was exceptionally young, using the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Spectacular flyover through the Veil Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope took a new image of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant from a star that exploded 8,000 years ago, and made this truly spectacular flyover visualization of the beautiful ripple in space that you can see below. In the 3D visualization, red is sulfur, green is hydrogen and blue is oxygen.
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Behold the Blazing Splendor of the Sunflower Galaxy
Astronomers call Messier 63 the Sunflower Galaxy, because they say its spiral shape resembles the spiral of seeds at the center of a sunflower.
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