ESA’s space telescope Euclid discovers ‘astonishing' Einstein ring
The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope was going through preliminary tests in September 2023 when it captured ...
Space telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' of light around nearby galaxy
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a ...
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Gamma-Ray Bursts by Andrew Fraknoi
"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic ... Think about this: a single sudden explosion, which becomes as bright as the combined light of millions of billions of stars and then quickly ...
See it: Origin of mysterious bright green light streaking across Maryland sky identified
The origin of a mysterious throbbing light racing behind clouds across parts of the northeastern U.S. and Canada over the ...
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Frothy silver foam and fusion-grade lasers create world's brightest X-ray
Indeed, the same super-lasers used in fusion research at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) are also used to produce this new super-bright X-ray light. X-rays in places like dentist's offices ...
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Meet Ray of Light and Snowflake - the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Mascots
They are space travellers who came to Earth from two different planets. Ray of Light came from a planet that was perpetually hot and landed on Earth. With amber skin and bright, large eyes and hair ...
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Earth Struck By Enormous Burst Of Gamma Rays From Two Billion Light-Years Away
A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it changed Earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists. Gamma rays are ...