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Astronomy News | Latest discoveries & space updates 🚀 Covering cosmic events, research breakthroughs, and everything beyond the stars. #Astronomy #SpaceNews
🌌A New combined Image of NGC 460 and NGC 456, captured by both the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA

#Spacenews
July 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Saturn’s moon Enceladus may harbor life:

🌡️ Its subsurface ocean has a pH between 10.1 and 11.6 — alkaline, but still within the limits for microbial life.

(Earth’s oceans: ~pH 8)

More: www.space.com/astronomy/th...

#Astrobiology #Spacenews
The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely
"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."
www.space.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
✨The open star cluster NGC 330

It is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which lies around 180,000 light-years away.

Image Credit: NASA/ESA
July 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
💥 Astronomers captured the first image of a star that exploded twice!

The culprit: a white dwarf that flared up, survived — and exploded again years later.

More: www.space.com/astronomy/st...
Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?
"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers a visual spectacle."
www.space.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
☄️ Telescopic view of our newest interstellar visitor - 3I/ATLAS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOtp...

#3IATLAS
The new interstellar object A11pl3Z, now 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1: online observation – 3 July 2025
YouTube video by The Virtual Telescope Project
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July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
☄️ New Interstellar Object Discovered!

Astronomers have spotted a new fast-moving object: A11pl3Z now named 3I/ATLAS

it is likely coming from outside our solar system – making it only the third known interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua and Borisov.

Estimated to be 20 km wide
July 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🌌 A cosmic fossil: Astronomers discovered a galaxy that hasn't evolved for billions of years – offering a rare glimpse into the early universe.

More: www.space.com/astronomy/ex...
Astronomers discover a galaxy frozen in time for billions of years: 'Fossil galaxies are like the dinosaurs of the universe'
"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells us how the first galaxies were born and helps us understand how the univer...
www.space.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New image of the Bullet Cluster – a composite from NASA’s Webb and Chandra telescopes.

📸Image Credit: NASA / Chandra / Webb
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌌 A new look at Andromeda (M31) – the closest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way.

This composite combines X-ray, visible, and infrared light to reveal the galaxy in stunning detail.

📸Image Credit: NASA / Chandra / Hubble / Spitzer
June 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🌍🌕Apollo 15 view over the lunar horizon.

📸Image Credit: NASA
June 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🔭The James Webb Space Telescope has made its first exoplanet discovery

More: www.space.com/astronomy/ex...
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet and snapped its picture (image)
The new planet TWA 7b is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.
www.space.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🌌Tranquil spiral Galaxy UGC 12295, captured by Hubble.

UGC 12295 lies around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

📸Image Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble
June 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🔭✨ And here are the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Stunning images of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae (M20 & M8) plus a deep field with thousands of galaxies.

📷 Image Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
5 minutes !
🔭 Tomorrow: First image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Key science goals:
• Map billions of galaxies
• Explore dark matter & dark energy
• Track near-Earth asteroids
• Create the largest movie of the night sky

▶️ Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv22...

#RubinObservatory #Astronomy
First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook
YouTube video by Rubin Observatory
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June 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🔭 Tomorrow: First image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Key science goals:
• Map billions of galaxies
• Explore dark matter & dark energy
• Track near-Earth asteroids
• Create the largest movie of the night sky

▶️ Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv22...

#RubinObservatory #Astronomy
First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook
YouTube video by Rubin Observatory
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
✨NGC 6891

NGC 6891 is an asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus.
It was discovered in September 1884 by Scottish astronomer Ralph Copeland.

📷 Image Credit: NASA / Hubble
June 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
🚨☀️X1.91 flare

📸JHelioviewer

#Sun #Flare
June 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🌌The Small Magellanic Cloud

A dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way — located 210,000 light years away.

Image Credit: Nasa

#Nasa#SmallMagellanicCloud#Astronomy
June 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Primordial black holes that were created in the Big Bang could have grown into supermassive sizes, scientists suggest.

More: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...

#AstroNews#BlackHole
Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes
"Primordial black holes, if they exist, will be hiding in the extremes!"
www.space.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🌌Incredible !
eso.org ESO @eso.org · Jun 18
Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece!

Using our VLT, they observed the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously 🌈

The more shades of colour there are in an image of a galaxy, the more we can learn about its inner workings.

Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
☀️X1.27 flare out of Sunspot 4114

📸: JHelioviewer

#Sun#Flare
June 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🧊Mysterious radio pulses have been detected over Antarctica – researchers suspect they may be an indication of an exotic new particle.

More: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...

#AstroNews
Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say
"We still don't have an explanation for what those anomalies are."
www.space.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
☀️A large coronal hole appears on the Sun's surface.

📸: JHelioviewer

#Sun#CoronalHole
June 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
☀️Sunspot 4114 has produced several M flares over the last 24 hours; It is currently classified as β-γ-α magnetically.

📸: JHelioviewer
June 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM