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Spooky cosmic eyes stare from space in Webb and Hubble image

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These sinister eyes peering from the depths of space star in a new Halloween-themed image, using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. It shows a pair of galaxies, IC 2163 on the left and NGC 2207 on the right, approaching each other and interacting to form an eerie-looking face. … Read more

See the stunning views of the Euclid Telescope's 208-gigapixel cosmic atlas

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See the stunning views of the Euclid Telescope's 208-gigapixel cosmic atlas

When the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope launched last year, it promised to study a huge swath of the sky to help understand the mysteries of dark matter. Now, after overcoming some icy challenges in its first year of operation, ESA has published a first look at the big cosmic atlas Euclid is building. … Read more