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Euclid 'dark universe' telescope is back on track after finding its guiding stars
By Robert Lea published
The European Space Agency's dark energy and dark matter detective spacecraft Euclid is ready for full "science mode" after relocating its guiding stars.
The James Webb Space Telescope's early galaxy images were oddly bright. Now we know why
By Keith Cooper published
Distant galaxies that existed a few hundred million years after the Big Bang are brighter than expected in JWST images because they were experiencing bursts of intense star formation.
Dark Energy Camera peels back layers of 'galactic onion' stretched across space
By Samantha Mathewson published
The shell galaxy NGC 3923's symmetrical onion-like layers, that extend 150,000 light-years across space, appear in a new photo from the Dark Energy Camera.
'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb Space Telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen
By Harry Baker published
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a perfectly formed Einstein ring, which is also the most distant gravitationally lensed object ever detected.
'Dark universe' telescope Euclid faces some setbacks during commissioning
By Rahul Rao published
The observatory's star navigation system and sun protective devices have presented with anomalies.
Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
By Ben Turner published
An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges.
Hypothetical 'dark photons' could shed light on mysterious dark matter
By Robert Lea published
These massive particles could shed light on dark matter by revealing how this mysterious substance interacts with "normal" matter.
Hubble Space Telescope discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy hidden in a quasar's glare
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers normally observe galaxies by observing light these objects emit, but some tricky galaxies require a different approach.
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