A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blows past Hubble again, revealing an iconic supernova in unprecedented detail

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The supernova remnant as captured by the James Webb Telescope (left) in 2023 and the Hubble Telescope in 2019 (right).

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Mysterious remains of 3,000-year-old 'Priest of Pacopampa' found buried face down with accessories of human bone

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A 3,000-year-old tomb which archaeologists of the Pacopampa Archaeological Project believe might have honored an elite religious leader in the Andean country some three millennia ago, is pictured in Pacopampa, Peru August 25, 2023.
A 3,000-year-old tomb which archaeologists of the Pacopampa Archaeological Project believe might have honored an elite religious leader in the Andean country some three millennia ago, is pictured in Pacopampa, Peru August

Lasers revealed 6 ancient civilizations that were hiding in plain sight

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LiDAR captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.
Lidar captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.

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How India landed on the moon and flew to Mars at a fraction of the cost of NASA and Russia missions

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Getting to the moon is expensive, but India managed to do it on a budget.

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Why Russia and India both crashed near the moon's south pole before India nailed the first soft landing there

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The lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, captured by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft before its failed attempt to land.

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India wants to fly its own astronauts to the moon, after becoming the first nation to land near the lunar south pole

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing.

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NASA discovered a new crater on the moon as wide as a 3-story building, and it's probably Russia's Luna-25 gravesite

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The lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, captured by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft before its failed attempt to land.

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Dried-up Texan river bed reveals perfectly-preserved tracks of 111-foot-long dinosaur

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A three-toed track in the dried-up Paluxy riverbed, with some remaining water in the background, in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas, in August 2023.
A three-toed track in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas.

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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago

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A wild boar runs among trees and branches in the Bavarian wildlife park of Mehlmeisel, Germany
Researchers think they may have discovered the mystery of the "wild boar paradox" that makes these animals so radioactive in Germany.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

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Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

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