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James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped ‘dragon’ galaxy

Astronomers armed with exceptionally detailed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images have discovered dozens of ancient stars from a distant, gravitationally warped galaxy. The stellar haul, which was uncovered thanks to a space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein, is the largest of its kind ever seen so far away. The newly imaged stars are located within […]

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Samsung’s Galaxy Book 5 laptops get an Arrow Lake CPU upgrade

Samsung says the new Book 5 Pro and 360 convertible laptop / tablet “diversifies” the Galaxy Book AI PC lineup and highlights its AI software capabilities, including the Circle-to-Search-like AI Select app and an AI image retouch tool called Photo Remaster. These features launched on the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 and appeared on last […]

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Carbon in our bodies likely left galaxy and came back on cosmic ‘conveyer belt’

An image of a dense, star-rich portion of our galaxy, the Milky Way, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except hydrogen and helium—including carbon, oxygen and iron—only exist because they were forged […]

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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic ‘Christmas Wreath’ sparkling in the galaxy next door

What it is: NGC 602, a star cluster. Where it is: 200,000 light-years distant in the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy. When it was shared: Dec. 17, 2024. Why it’s so special: The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) doesn’t get much attention. It’s only visible from the Southern Hemisphere and is overshadowed by the nearby Large Magellanic […]