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James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning View of NGC 628 Galaxy Gerd DaniJuly 19, 2022March 28, 20260 The monstrous people spiral of a nearby galaxy is just one of many Webb telescope images to come over the… Read More
A New View of Spiral Galaxy NGC 7496 from the JWST & Hubble Gerd DaniJuly 19, 2022March 28, 20260 This beautiful new image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7496, which lies over 24 million light-years away in the… Read More
Could the coma of a comet expand so much to become bigger than the Sun? Gerd DaniJuly 15, 2022March 28, 20260 Surprisingly yes, and this is what happened to Comet Holmes during the 2007 passage. Holmes is a comet that orbits… Read More
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The Gomez’s hamburger Gerd DaniJuly 5, 2022March 28, 20260 The sky is full of objects that have been called by astronomers with very strange names. For example, this item… Read More
Cor Caroli: Brightest Star in Canes Venatici Constellation Gerd DaniJuly 2, 2022March 28, 20260 Situated 110 light-years from our planet, Cor Caroli is a binary star system. It stands as the most luminous star… Read More
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