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Chandra X-ray Center/Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA’s Chandra Rings In New Year with Champagne Cluster chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/c...
Chandra :: Photo Album :: Champagne Cluster :: December 30, 2025
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January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Chandra X-ray Center/Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA’s Chandra Rings In New Year with Champagne Cluster chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/c...
U.S. Naval Observatory: A Unique Discovery: Astronomers Identify the First Triple Radio AGN www.dvidshub.net/news/555300/...
A unique discovery: astronomers identify the first triple radio AGN
Astronomers from the U.S. Naval Observatory are part of a team of scientists who have identified the first radio detectable triple active galactic nuclei (AGN) system by analyzing data taken by the Ka...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
U.S. Naval Observatory: A Unique Discovery: Astronomers Identify the First Triple Radio AGN www.dvidshub.net/news/555300/...
European Space Agency: Fly Through JWST’s Cosmic Vistas www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Fly through Webb’s cosmic vistas
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December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
European Space Agency: Fly Through JWST’s Cosmic Vistas www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Syracuse University: Failed Supernova, Cosmic Fireworks artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/physics/news...
Failed Supernova, Cosmic Fireworks
Syracuse University researcher shows that a supernova sputtered instead of detonating, leaving behind a rare, firework-shaped remnant known as Pa 30.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Syracuse University: Failed Supernova, Cosmic Fireworks artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/physics/news...
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian: NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/nasas-h...
NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Cambridge, MA (December 23, 2025)— Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light,...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian: NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/nasas-h...
NASA: Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets - NASA Science
Astronomers using Hubble imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. The disk is nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito.”
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December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NASA: Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Super Massive Black Holes May Be Picky Eaters public.nrao.edu/news/super-m...
Super Massive Black Holes May Be Picky Eaters - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Black holes are notorious for gobbling up everything that comes their way, but astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Super Massive Black Holes May Be Picky Eaters public.nrao.edu/news/super-m...
Chinese Academy of Sciences: ALMA Observations Reveal Multiscale Fragmentation in Massive Star Formation english.cas.cn/newsroom/res...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Chinese Academy of Sciences: ALMA Observations Reveal Multiscale Fragmentation in Massive Star Formation english.cas.cn/newsroom/res...
Chalmers University of Technology: Stardust Study Resets How Life’s Atoms Spread Through Space www.chalmers.se/en/current/n...
Stardust study resets how life’s atoms spread through space
Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s the…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Chalmers University of Technology: Stardust Study Resets How Life’s Atoms Spread Through Space www.chalmers.se/en/current/n...
European Space Agency: Euclid’s Galaxy Garland www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Euclid’s galaxy garland
Euclid image of galaxy NGC 646
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December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
European Space Agency: Euclid’s Galaxy Garland www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other
The telescope will help scientists answer big-picture questions about everything from water deposits in the Milky Way to what happened in the first second after the big bang.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy: Destruction of Infant Planets Around Nearby Star www.mpia.de/news/science...
Destruction of Infant Planets Around Nearby Star
Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s planet-forming era.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy: Destruction of Infant Planets Around Nearby Star www.mpia.de/news/science...
University of Bern: Mission To Study the Asteroid Apophis mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
University of Bern involved in mission to study the asteroid Apophis
At its Ministerial Council meeting, the European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the RAMSES mission. The joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA will investigate the flyby...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
University of Bern: Mission To Study the Asteroid Apophis mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
European Space Agency: JWST: Dwarf Stars in a Glittering Sky www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Webb: Dwarf stars in a glittering sky
Dwarf stars in a glittering sky
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December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
European Space Agency: JWST: Dwarf Stars in a Glittering Sky www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
NASA: Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time - NASA Science
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has directly imaged similar catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system around another star, Fomalhaut.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NASA: Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
University of California, Santa Barbara: Astronomers Discover Huge Dust Clouds From Violent Collisions Around Nearby Star news.ucsb.edu/2025/022295/...
Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star
While searching for exoplanets, scientists observe the first-ever impacts between large objects in a nearby star system.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
University of California, Santa Barbara: Astronomers Discover Huge Dust Clouds From Violent Collisions Around Nearby Star news.ucsb.edu/2025/022295/...
Keck Observatory: Astronomers Pinpoint Black Holes as the Power Source Behind Mysterious Cosmic Flashes keckobservatory.org/at2024wpp/
Astronomers Pinpoint Black Holes as the Power Source Behind Mysterious Cosmic Flashes – W. M. Keck Observatory
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December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Keck Observatory: Astronomers Pinpoint Black Holes as the Power Source Behind Mysterious Cosmic Flashes keckobservatory.org/at2024wpp/
Southwest Research Institute: Europa Clipper Instrument Uniquely Observed Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...
Europa Clipper instrument uniquely observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Southwest Research Institute
SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph viewed 3I/ATLAS both when and where most other assets could not
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December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Southwest Research Institute: Europa Clipper Instrument Uniquely Observed Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...
University of California, Berkeley: Astronomers See Fireworks From Violent Collisions Around Nearby Star news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/18/a...
Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star - Berkeley News
While searching for exoplanets, scientists captured the first direct images of colliding objects in a neighboring star system.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
University of California, Berkeley: Astronomers See Fireworks From Violent Collisions Around Nearby Star news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/18/a...
NASA: Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles science.nasa.gov/missions/fer...
NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles - NASA Science
For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas from a cluster of young stars in our galaxy
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December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NASA: Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles science.nasa.gov/missions/fer...
European Space Agency: Gaia Finds Hints of Planets in Baby Star Systems www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Gaia finds hints of planets in baby star systems
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December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
European Space Agency: Gaia Finds Hints of Planets in Baby Star Systems www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Helps Unmask Monster Black Hole Behind Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst public.nrao.edu/news/alma-he...
ALMA Helps Unmask Monster Black Hole Behind Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Helps Unmask Monster Black Hole Behind Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst public.nrao.edu/news/alma-he...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead
The rover has been acing a long-term series of durability tests, making the most of its enhanced navigation capabilities, and ferreting out new findings about Mars’ geologic past.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-st...
NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean
Reanalysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed Saturn’s moon may instead have layers of slush with isolated pockets of liquid water.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-st...
NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab): New Public Science Center Opens at Kitt Peak National Observatory noirlab.edu/public/news/...
New Public Science Center Opens at Kitt Peak National Observatory - Visitors celebrated the opening of the Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach, the first science center located insid...
Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach is a new science education and astronomy outreach center that has just opened at U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory, ...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab): New Public Science Center Opens at Kitt Peak National Observatory noirlab.edu/public/news/...