Nebulae

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Astronomers surprised by mysterious shock wave around dead star

January 12, 2026

Press Release 12 January 2026 Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with…

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Four dust shells in Wolf-Rayet Apep expand away from three central stars that appear as a single pinpoint of light. The shells are curved, and the interior shell looks like a backward lowercase e shape.

November 19, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a…

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Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate

October 2, 2025

Press Release 2 October 2025 Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike…

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$Stars in a star cluster shine brightly blue, with four-pointed diffraction spikes radiating from them. The center shows a small, crowded group of stars while a larger group is partially visible on the right side of the image. The nebula is mostly thick, smoky clouds of gas, lit up in blue tones by the stars. Clumps of dust hover before and around the stars; they are mostly dark but lit around their edges where the starlight erodes them.$