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NSF NOIRLab Astronomers Discover the Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe

Using data from NASA's JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang that is consuming...
1-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Un archipiélago galáctico en un mar de materia oscura

Hace 100 años, Edwin Hubble descubrió evidencia decisiva sobre la existencia de otras galaxias más allá de la Vía Láctea. Esta imagen es una porción del enorme Cúmulo de Perseo y muestra sus “universos islas” con asombroso detalle,...
18-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Gemini North Captures Galactic Archipelago Entangled In a Web Of Dark Matter

100 years ago Edwin Hubble discovered decisive evidence that other galaxies existed far beyond the Milky Way. This image, captured by the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, features a portion of the enormous...
18-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Multimillonario filántropo visita Chile para ceremonia de nombramiento de telescopio del Observatorio Rubin

El Observatorio Vera C. Rubin celebró un momento histórico para la astronomía y la astrofísica con el nombramiento oficial del Telescopio de Investigación Simonyi en una ceremonia celebrada el pasado 4 de octubre en las instalaciones del...
11-Oct-2024 3:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedicated at NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Ceremony

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory celebrated a landmark moment in astronomy and astrophysics with the dedication of the Simonyi Survey Telescope on 4 October 2024. With the Simonyi family as guests of honor, Rubin Observatory recognized the...
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Radiant Stars at the Heart of a Cosmic Rose

Cradled within the fiery petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster which it nurtured. The cluster’s stars light up the nebula in vibrant hues of red, gold and purple, and opaque towers of dust rise from the billowing clouds...
30-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Cerro Tololo celebra aniversario de NOIRLab con una romántica rosa cósmica

Entre los ardientes pétalos de la Nebulosa Roseta se encuentra el joven cúmulo estelar NGC 2244, cuyas estrellas alimentan la nebulosa iluminándola con vibrantes tonos de rojo, oro y púrpura, junto con opacas torres de polvo que se elevan desde...
30-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Kitt Peak Visitor Center Marks 60 Years of Sharing the Wonder of Our Night Sky

Today Kitt Peak Visitor Center celebrated 60 years of greeting visitors to the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory. Since opening in 1964, the Visitor Center has welcomed more than two million guests to the mountain in...
27-Sep-2024 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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