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Happy 4th of July! Baby star creates red, white and blue fireworks in new JWST image

Just in time for Independence Day, NASA has released a stunning image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) showing incredible red, white, and blue fireworks exploding across the cosmos. As the United States celebrates its birthday, that cosmic “rocket’s red glow” is actually the violent explosion of a newborn star at the heart of… Read More »

NASA telescope detects ‘cosmic fireworks’ and faint echoes from Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

Astronomers have detected flares and echoes from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. These “cosmic fireworks” and X-ray echoes could help scientists better understand the dark and silent cosmic titan around which our galaxy revolves. A team of Michigan State University researchers made the groundbreaking discovery… Read More »