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Astronomers and fans of its stunning images of deep space are celebrating the James Webb Space Telescope's first year of operation this week.One year ago Wednesday, the first image was unveiled ceremoniously at the White House by U.S. President Joe Biden and  NASA administrator Bill Nelson.The $10 billion US telescope is the successor to the aging Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched into orbit in 1990. Both the Hubble and Webb telescopes use a series of curved mirrors instead of lenses to reflect light that is…

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Globorataloides hexagonus shell recovered from a deep-sea sediment core in the tropical Pacific ocean. Credit: Catherine DavisScientists have mapped out oceanic “dead zones” from the Pliocene epoch, when Earth’s temperature was two to three degrees higher than today. This could offer insight into the future locations and effects of low oxygen areas in a warmer Earth’s oceans.OMZs (Oxygen Minimum Zones) are regions in the ocean with insufficient oxygen levels in the mid-waters (100-1000m below the surface) to support…

A new image from the European Southern Observatory shows a stunning starscape around the nebula Sh2-54, located 6,000 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. Located close in the sky to the famous Eagle Nebula, this is also a busy region of star formation where clouds of dust and gas are coalescing into knots and forming the hearts of new stars. Nebulae like these are known as stellar nurseries because of all the new stars that form within them, and astronomers study them to learn more about stellar…

Hubble has captured a mesmerizing photo of a cosmic nursery found in Orion. The reflection nebula, which is known as NGC 1999, looks eerily similar to a keyhole. The nebula itself, the European Space Agency says, is a remnant of the formation of V380 Orionis, a newly born star formed in the area. When the Hubble space telescope first captured an image of the cosmic nursery back in 1999 (hence the name), the dark void in the center of the nebula was believed to be a Bok globule, which is essentially cold…

Amazon has announced an updated version of its smart Dash Cart — a shopping cart that lets users scan and pay for their purchases as they shop to avoid waiting in checkout lines. The original Dash Cart launched in 2020 and Amazon has been slowly rolling them out (ho ho) to its Fresh grocery stores and Whole Foods Market stores. It’s clear they’re still a bit of an experiment, though, and Amazon says the new Dash Cart will only be available at its Westford, Massachusetts Whole Foods store some time “in the coming…