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#ICYMI: Images of #IIZW96, a merging of two #Galaxies about 500 million light-years away from #Earth, were captured by the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope. The swirling body of celestial activity is evolving in the #Delphinus #Constellation near the celestial equator.

Info: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/vp-harris-french-president-get-first-look-at-galactic-get-together/

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Thread: 6.2/6

As time goes on, new telescopes like the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope, the #Earth’s premier space science observatory that launched in 2021, will further expand our understanding of #Exoplanets. Who knows what kind of #ExtrasolarPlanets we will find next!

Learn more about the James Webb Space Telescope: https://webb.nasa.gov/

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Thread: 6.1/6

30 years ago, we did not even know #Planets could exist around other #Stars. Now, we know of thousands—and some of those planets are possibly habitable. New #Exoplanet discoveries are shaking up the field of planetary formation and causing us to rethink our ideas of what stars could host planets and how planets form.

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Thread: 2.2/x

Photo: This artist’s concept compares #Earth (left) to the new planet, called #Kepler452b.

#NASA considers this #Exoplanet and its #Star to be the closest analog to Earth and #Sun so far. Though it’s 60% larger than Earth in diameter, Kepler-452b is thought to be rocky and within the habitable zone of a G-type star similar to ours.

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Thread: 2.1/x

Some of the biggest questions we humans like to ask are, “Is there life out there in the universe?” and “Are there other solar systems out there with planets just like ours?” To answer these questions, astronomers have built larger & more advanced telescopes to try to find #Planets outside of our own neighborhood, specifically those similar to our own world.

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