2 posts tagged ‘edwin hubble’

• The Hubble Telescope Just Sized Up an Earth-Sized Exoplanet

  Gizmodo, Nov 17, 2023

  The Hubble Space Telescope just ogled an exoplanet passing in front of a star in a triple system, revealing the nearby world’s mass. Read more...

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• Webb Telescope Spots the Second-Most-Distant Galaxy Yet

  Gizmodo, Nov 14, 2023

  A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope, showcasing a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed, according to a team of researchers that… Read more...

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