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Desde Chile capturan un nido estelar escondido en una oscura nebulosa

La sombra que se proyecta en medio del campo de estrellas de la imagen, y que se la conoce como nube molecular Circinus Oeste, corresponde a una guardería estelar donde las estrellas incipientes se encienden a partir de zonas densas y frías de gas...
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Circinus West: A Dark Nebula Harboring a Nest of Newly Formed Stars

A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera — one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world. Within...
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Largest Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter Achieves First Light at the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope marked a milestone with its Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) achieving first light, producing its first image of the Sun. As the world’s largest spectro-polarimeter, VTF will...
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Astrónoma de NOIRLab descubre la galaxia espiral más antigua que se conoce

Un equipo internacional de astrónomos, liderados por la astrónoma de NOIRLab de NSF Christina Williams, descubrió la galaxia espiral más distante de la que se tenga registro hasta ahora. Se trata de Zhúlóng, que significa ‘Dragón...
16-Apr-2025 6:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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NSF NOIRLab Astronomer Discovers Oldest Known Spiral Galaxy in the Universe

An international team led by NSF NOIRLab astronomer Christina Williams has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy known to date. Named Zhúlóng, meaning ‘Torch Dragon’ in Chinese mythology, this ultra-massive system existed just one billion...
16-Apr-2025 6:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Desde Chile descubren origen de asteroide que podría impactar a la Luna

Un equipo de astrónomos construyó una representación tridimensional del asteroide 2024 YR4, que fue descubierto recientemente y que se encuentra en las proximidades de la Tierra. Los científicos, además determinaron que el objeto se originó en...
8-Apr-2025 9:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Gemini South Observes Shape and Origin of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4

Using observations from the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the...
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Latest Dark Energy Survey Data Suggest Possible Variations in Dark Energy Over Time

A groundbreaking new study using the Dark Energy Survey (DES) final datasets suggests potential inconsistencies in the standard cosmological model, known as ΛCDM. If confirmed, these findings could fundamentally alter our understanding of the...
19-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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