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Jasmine 🌌🔭

@astrojaz.bsky.social

JWST CONTINUES TO EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS!! ✨

recently, it confirmed a 20 year-old mystery discovered by hubble, finding that there are planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer lived than they should be, given environmental conditions!

The center of the image contains arcs of orange and pink that form a boat-like shape. One end of these arcs points to the top right of the image, while the other end point toward the bottom left. Another plume of orange and pink expands from the center to the top left of the image. To the right of this plume is a large cluster of white stars. There are various other white stars and a few galaxies of different sizes spread throughout the image. Ten, small, yellow circles overlaid at various points across the image indicate the positions of the ten stars surveyed in this study.

December 16, 2024 at 8:15 PM

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Paul Eric Scannell

@pauleric70.bsky.social

Bryce Canyon National Park at sunrise 🇺🇲
Stunning capture ✨🧡✨🧡✨🧡✨

December 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM

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Space

@redditspaceviewes.bsky.social

The Helix Nebula

December 16, 2024 at 9:51 AM

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SKY Explore

@docworldexplore.bsky.social

First ever image of another multi-planet solar system captured by ESO Telescope

December 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM

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Robert McNees

@mcnees.bsky.social

Another jaw-dropper from JWST, from a survey of planet-forming disks in the star-forming region NGC 346, in the Small Magellanic Cloud. 🧪 🔭

Source: webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA)

$False color image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Delicate lanes of gas are dotted by bright stars in this image produced with JWST's NIRCam instrument. The dominant colors of the gassy regions are purple and orange. Stars show the characteristic six-fold diffraction spikes produced by JWST. Exposures in four wavelength ranges were colored Red, Orange, Cyan, and Blue and then combined.$

December 16, 2024 at 6:53 PM

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Jwst Feed

@jwstfeed.bsky.social

NGC 346 side-by-side images: Hubble and Webb.
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A side-by-side comparison of a Hubble image of the massive star cluster NGC 346 (left) versus a Webb image of the same cluster (right). The Hubble image shows the cluster in shades of blue against a black background punctuated by white stars of various sizes. Ethereal nebulosity, looking much like draped chiffon, dominates the image. The Webb view, in shades of pink and orange against a black background, is speckled with fewer stars than in the Hubble version. These stars are white and pink. Webb pierces through the cluster’s clouds to reveal more of its structure, which looks like twisted fibers.

December 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM

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Zafar Khan PTI

@zafar804.bsky.social

December 17, 2024 at 5:31 AM

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Science Explorist

@scipexplorist.bsky.social

The cosmos never ceases to amaze! Introducing the breathtaking 'Ear Nebula' or IPHASX J205013.7+465518

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

December 17, 2024 at 3:27 AM

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AltYellostoneNatPar

@altyellonatpark.org

ARP 273
Photo NASA ESA and Hubble Wide Field Camera
Distance 300 million light years
Constellation Andromeda
Discovered Halton Arp 1966
Two galaxies collided to form this unique shape. It's thought that the smaller galaxy passed through the center of the larger.

December 16, 2024 at 1:55 AM

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Ali jaan

@alikhan136.bsky.social

‏اور زمین پر چلنے والا کوئی جاندار ایسا نہیں ہے جس کا رزق اللہ نے اپنے ذمے نہ لے رکھا ہو۔ وہ اُس کے مستقل ٹھکانے کو بھی جانتا ہے، اور عارضی ٹھکانے کو بھی۔ ہر بات ایک واضح کتاب میں درج ہے۔

﴿سورۃ ھود،۶﴾

December 17, 2024 at 5:38 AM

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Space Pics ✪

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Pillars of Creation in X-ray

Image Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-Newton; IR: JWST: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Spitzer: NASA/JPL/CalTech; Visible: Hubble: NASA/ESA/STScI, ESO; Image Processing: L. Frattare, J. Major, N. Wolk, and K. Arcand
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisafrattare

December 17, 2024 at 2:27 AM

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UniverseDiscovery🌌🔭

@creatorbluesky.bsky.social

Running Chicken Nebula

December 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM

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galaxylover.bsky.social

@galaxylover.bsky.social

I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️