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A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
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NAM 2026: UK in pole position to lead key instrument in NASA's hunt for Earth-like worlds
ALMA's DV-59 antenna in the foreground with multiple other antennas observing the sky in a night dominated by the Moon.
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NAM 2026: Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel?
Aurora borealis seen over Cwmbran, Wales, produced by the May 2024 solar storm. 
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NAM 2026: Most powerful Northern Lights in a generation 'exposed weaknesses in UK infrastructure'
Image from HST showing the bipolar outflow of material ejected by the helium nova V445 Puppis. The progenitor binary star system is just about visible in the centre of the outflow. Also visible are the 'bullets' of gas that were shot out at either end of the outflow. Image taken in 2013 with the F502N filter on Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.
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NAM 2026: Mystery 'bullets' seen in Milky Way's only helium nova
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