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Abell 2256

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Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming cosmic narwhal'

Six of the most powerful astronomical observatories have captured a stunning image of Abell 2256, which is made of multiple galaxy clusters smashing together

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The James Webb Space Telescope

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JWST finds that ancient galaxies contain fewer stars than we expected

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Image description: An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope deployed in space. The telescope has a large mirror made of hexagons that are being illuminated by the galaxy being observed. Otherwise the top side of the telescope is in the dark. The underside is being lit by the sun. The telescope is set against a starry background.

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JWST has broken the record for most distant galaxy ever confirmed

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Front view of the IceCube Lab at twilight, with a starry sky showing a glimpse of the Milky Way overhead and sunlight lingering on the horizon.

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Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded galaxy

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Light from MACS0647-JD is bent and magnified by the massive gravity of this cluster of galaxies, called MACS0647, causing it to appear in multiple places (highlighted in boxes)

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JWST finds ancient galaxy may actually be two galaxies merging

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By combining data from NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA?s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers were able to trace light that was emitted by the large white elliptical galaxy at left through the spiral galaxy at right and identify the effects of interstellar dust in the spiral galaxy. This image of galaxy pair VV 191 includes near-infrared light from Webb, and ultraviolet and visible light from Hubble. Webb?s near-infrared data also show us the galaxy?s longer, extremely dusty spiral arms in far more detail, giving them an appearance of overlapping with the central bulge of the bright white elliptical galaxy on the left. Although the two foreground galaxies are relatively close astronomically speaking, they are not actively interacting. Don?t overlook the background scenery! Like many Webb images, this image of VV 191 shows many galaxies that lie great distances away. For example, two patchy spirals to the upper left of the elliptical galaxy have similar apparent sizes, but show up in very different colors. One is likely very dusty and the other very far away, but researchers need to obtain data known as spectra to determine which is which.

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JWST and Hubble teamed up to take a stunning image of two galaxies

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Galaxies merging

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When two galaxies collide they often stop making new stars

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The cosmos doesn't work to my research schedule – but that's OK

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This image of the spiral galaxy IC 5332, taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with its MIRI instrument, has been scaled and cropped to match the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope???s view of the same galaxy.

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JWST has taken a picture of the gaseous ‘skeleton’ of a spiral galaxy

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JWST has captured a sparkling galaxy full of intense star formation

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JWST has captured a sparkling galaxy full of intense star formation

The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy has some of the most extraordinary regions of star formation of any galaxy we have found, and the James Webb Space Telescope has snapped its picture

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Faint distant galaxies spotted by JWST may be closer than they appear

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Shredded dwarf galaxies may lack dark matter to hold them together

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JWST has caught two galaxies smashing together and sparking starbursts

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JWST has released a striking new image of the strange Cartwheel galaxy

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