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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures light from galaxies shrouded by Big Bang gas

Over the years, space agencies and other institutions have been studying the universe for years and years, however, the evolution of galaxies and theories of the Big Bang are some of the things that scientists are still studying to gain a better understanding. For conducting such studies space scientists and researchers have been using powerful telescopes such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In a recent finding, the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a faint light from an early galaxy which has expanded scientists' knowledge in terms of previous written theories. Check what the researchers found.James Webb Space Telescope findingsAccording to an ESA report, the JWST has captured light emitted billions of years ago from some of the earliest galaxies in space. However, these li...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI to help pilgrims, Galaxy AI announced, and more

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, January 3. The Saudi Press Agency reported that the General Authority for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is leveraging AI techniques to offer guidance to the pilgrims at the Grand Mosque. Meanwhile, Samsung announced its annual event called Galaxy Unpacked and it will focus heavily on AI, with a possible new product called Galaxy AI.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. Saudi Arabia leverages AI to help pilgrims at Grand MosqueThe General Authority for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is leveraging AI techniques to offer guidance to the pilgrims at the Grand Mosque, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Spanning 279 square meters, nearly 52 screens have been place...
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NASA James Webb Space Telescope snaps ghostly galaxy formed just 900 mn years after Big Bang

Over the years, NASA's most powerful James Webb Space Telescope has been providing amazing insights on deep space to researchers and astronomers. Now, it has snapped a scary looking star-forming galaxy in deep space which was created millions of years ago. The galaxy was first captured by the Hubble Space Telescope earlier, however, it had disappeared from the images. Then, NASA's Webb telescope catured a faint image of the galaxy when it reappeared. Know more about this ghostly galaxy here.NASA James Webb Space Telescope findingsAccording to research published in The Astrophysical Journal, the dusty galaxy has been named AzTECC71. It is extremely old. In fact, it was formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang. researchers said that the galaxy is producing hundreds of stars due t...
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Historic! ALMA telescope finds first-ever planet-forming disk beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

A groundbreaking discovery has been made by astronomers who identified a swirling disk of material, akin to those surrounding infant stars in the Milky Way Galaxy feeding a young star situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy located 160,000 light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest Earth-based astronomical project comprising 66 antennas in Northern Chile, the research team led by Durham University scientist Anna McLeod observed the system designated HH 1177 within a massive gas cloud. This marks the first confirmed extragalactic accretion disk ever detected.First Glimpse of an Extragalactic Accretion Disk"When I first saw evidence for a rotating structure in the ALMA data, I could not believe that we had detected th...
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope captures ‘Evil eye’ galaxy 17mn light-years away from Earth

The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has made several discoveries about distant galaxies, supermassive black holes, and the presence of mysterious dark matter in deep space. The capabilities of NASA's space telescope are simply amazing and now the space agency has shared an awe-inspiring image of Evil Eye Galaxy which is located 17 million light-years away from Earth. Know more about the distant galaxy here and check what NASA scientists have discovered.NASA's Hubble Space Telescope findings on evil eye galaxyNASA has shared a beautiful image of the “Evil Eye” galaxy on 8ts Instagram handle that is located 17 million light-years away from Earth at the constellation Coma Berenices. The space agency calls the galaxy, "Evil Eye, with sweeping bands of cosmic dust." In scientific terms, the evi...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures new features of Milky Way Galaxy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the world's premier space science observatory. This space telescope is helping scientists in solving various mysteries of our solar system. With the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are able to look beyond to distant worlds. Recently, an image released by the James Webb Space Telescope shows a part of the dense center of our galaxy which includes features that have never been seen before. Astronomers are still studying it and they haven't found any explanations yet.According to a blog by NASA, the image shows a star-forming region known as Sagittarius C (Sgr C). It is about 300 light-years from the central supermassive black hole. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Samuel Crowe, the observation team's principal investigator, who is an unde...
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James Webb Space Telescope takes captivating image of Galaxy NGC 6822

The European Space Agency has released a stunning picture of the Galaxy NGC 6822. This galaxy is known to be nearest to the Milky Way Galaxy. It was captured with the efforts of the Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) mounted on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The image reveals details about the object that is 1.5 million light-years away from Earth. Continue reading to more about the neighbouring galaxy and research findings.About galaxy findingsAccording to the ESA report. NGC 6822 is the nearest galactic neighbour to Milky Way. The galaxy has exceptionally low metallicity, showcasing predominant hydrogen and helium elements. Low-metallicity objects like NGC 6822 have a crucial role in unveiling insights into the early universe. With hydrogen...
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400 Earth-mass rogue planets in the Milky Way Galaxy? NASA explains

NASA reveals that the Milky Way Galaxy may contain over 400 Earth-mass rogue planets. These rogue planets drift in space and they do not orbit any star at all, which makes them special. It is speculated that these planets are hidden in the Milky Way Galaxy and NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could spot over 400 of these rogue planets. According to NASA's report, the unknown planets were from outside the galaxy, but drifted into it with some unknown mechanism. “We estimate that our galaxy is home to 20 times more rogue planets than stars – trillions of worlds wandering alone,” said David Bennett, a senior research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. About the rogue planet and upcoming missionSo far we know that planets outside the solar sys...
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James Webb Telescope looks back in time, finds oldest organic molecules ever seen

A groundbreaking study led by astronomers from Texas A&M University using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled the existence of the oldest known complex organic molecules in the universe. These carbon-based chemicals, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), were found within an early galaxy that formed when the universe was only 10% of its current age.Unlike simple compounds such as water or carbon dioxide, the identified molecules are large and intricate, containing dozens or even hundreds of atoms. Similar to the ones found in smoke, soot, oil, coal deposits, and smog on Earth, these PAHs are commonly associated with tiny dust grains in space. The study's lead author, Justin Spilker, expressed his enthusiasm, stating that the discovery demonstrates the un...
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Webb Telescope snaps 45000 galaxies in ONE frame; universe seen like never before

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made significant contributions to our understanding of how galaxies and stars came into existence. NASA recently shared an infrared image captured by Webb as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) program, shedding more light on the vast expanse of the universe.This particular image focuses on a region of the sky known as GOODS-Sout. Amazingly this one photo packs over 45,000 galaxies, as reported by NASA. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin conducted a study of galaxies that emerged 500 to 850 million years after the Big Bang, also referred to as the Epoch of Reionisation. During this epoch, the universe was shrouded in a gaseous fog that rendered it opaque. Approximately one billion years after the Big Bang...