Webb Telescope Captures Detailed View of Lion Nebula’s Dying Star

According to NASA, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the Lion Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2392, revealing structural details of the dying star at its centre. The planetary nebula, previously observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2000, exhibits a distinct lion face-like shape complete with a hazy “mane” formed by … Read more

New Gaia Data Upends 50-Year-Old Theory of Star and Galaxy Formation

Astronomers have discovered that star clusters do not always form with the same balance of small and large stars, challenging a foundational assumption used for more than half a century to measure galaxies, according to University of Missouri researchers who analyzed data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. The finding shows that a key … Read more