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Archive for December 22nd, 2023

Hubble Telescope gifts us a dazzling starry ‘snow globe’ just in time for the holidays

December 22nd, 2023 by

NASA has published a composite image of UGC 8091, a dwarf irregular galaxy using data captured by the Hubble Space Telescope from 2006 to 2021. It has been compared to Christmas lights or a snow globe.

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Private moon lander’s SpaceX launch delayed a month, to February

December 22nd, 2023 by

Intuitive Machines will wait an extra month, until mid-February 2024, to send a private moon lander into space atop a SpaceX rocket.

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Astronomers discover strangely missing stars in galaxies near Milky Way

December 22nd, 2023 by

A newfound population of stars in nearby dwarf galaxies are the long-sought precursors of hydrogen-poor supernovas.

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Spectacular ‘rainbow clouds’ light up northern skies in a rare skywatching treat (photos)

December 22nd, 2023 by

Nacreous clouds also known as polar stratospheric clouds have been appearing across northern skies. We’ve rounded up some of the best photos of these rare ‘rainbow clouds’.

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