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University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab staff members placing nearly 20 tons of Ohara E6 low expansion glass into a mold for casting the Giant Magellan Telescope's seventh primary mirror segment, September 2023. CREDIT Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins

by SpaceRef October 5, 2023July 15, 2024

NGC 4654

Hubble Views Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4654

by SpaceRef October 5, 2023July 15, 2024

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, A. Barth (University of California - Irvine), and B. Boizelle (Brigham Young University) ; Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Hubble Records Rare Radio Galaxy

by SpaceRef October 4, 2023July 15, 2024

Artist conception of early starbursting galaxies. The image is rendered from FIRE simulation data used for this research that can explain recent JWST results. Stars and galaxies are shown in the bright white points of light, while the more diffuse dark matter and gas are shown in purples and reds. CREDIT Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern, CIERA + IT-RCDS

Bursts Of Star Formation Explain Mysterious Brightness At Cosmic Dawn

by SpaceRef October 3, 2023July 15, 2024

Astronomers raise interference concerns from AST SpaceMobile satellite

by Jeff Foust October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

Orion Nebula in NIRCam long-wavelength channel

Webb’s Wide-angle View Of The Orion Nebula Released In ESASky

by SpaceRef October 2, 2023July 15, 2024

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, Ravi Sankrit (STScI)

Supernova Bubble Expands in New Hubble Time-Lapse Movie

by SpaceRef September 29, 2023July 15, 2024

The KCWI instrument is based at the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Maunakea in Hawaiʻi.T

Cosmic Web Lights Up In The Darkness Of Space

by SpaceRef September 28, 2023July 15, 2024

Star Sheds Unexpected Amounts of Mass Just Before Going Supernova

Extreme Weight Loss: Star Sheds Unexpected Amounts of Mass Just Before Going Supernova

by SpaceRef September 28, 2023July 15, 2024

Euclid

Seeking Euclid’s hidden stars: commissioning looks up

by SpaceRef September 28, 2023July 15, 2024