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Star Explosion Reveals New Space Ingredients

Handout - Scientists have spotted chlorine and potassium hiding inside the remains of a blown-up star for the first time. Using Japan’s XRISM space telescope, they found these elements inside the giant cloud of debris left behind by the supernova called Cassiopeia A. The explosion happened about 11,000 light-years from Earth, but it is still giving up new secrets today. The find shows how stars don’t just light up the sky, they also make many of the elements that help build planets and life. Even long after a star explodes, it can still teach us something new about the universe. This discovery was published in a scientific paper on December 4 this year, and the image was released on January 28, 2024, using data from NASA’s Chandra telescope along with Hubble, Webb and Spitzer. Photo by Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. Arcand via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hubble Seeks Clusters in Lost Galaxy

Handout Photo shows NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporat

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Red Spider Nebula

Handout photo dated on October 26, 2025 shows Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula, in this image released on Oct. 26, 2025. NIRCam is Webb’s primary near-infrared imager, providing high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy for a wide variety of investigations. Webb’s new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula’s outstretched lobes, which form the ‘legs’ of the spider. These lobes, shown in blue, are traced by light emitted from H2 molecules, which contain two hydrogen atoms bonded together. Stretching over the entirety of NIRCam’s field of view, these lobes are shown to be closed, bubble-like structures that each extend about 3 light-years. Outflowing gas from the center of the nebula has inflated these massive bubbles over thousands of years. Photo by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technolo via ABAC

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Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporates data from an obse

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) and Mate Pavic (CRO) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) and Mate Pavic (CRO) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) and Mate Pavic (CRO) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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TENNIS - Internazionali di Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) during Nitto ATP Finals 2025, International Tennis match in Turin, Italy, November 12 2025

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Sabca Technologies Signs A Strategic Agreement With ArianeGroup - Brussels

(L-R) Director General of Research and Space at the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) Frank Monteny, the Secretary General of ArianeGroup Alexandre Ramat, the Belgian Minister of Public Modernisation, Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Digitisation and Buildings Administration Vanessa Matz, the Director General (CEO) of SABCA Samuel Weynants, the ArianeGroup Director of Civil Programmes Philippe Clar and the Head of Infrastructure & Value Chain for the Space Transportation Directorate at the European Space Agency (ESA) Luce Fabreguettes pose for the photographers during a signing ceremony between the aerospace company ArianeGroup (Airbus Safran Launchers) and the SABCA (Societes Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques) in the premises of SABCA Brussels on October 6, 2025 in Brussels-Haren, Belgium. The contract between Sabca Technologies and ArianeGroup at SABCA premises is a cornerstone of Europe's efforts to maintain and expand its autonomous space launch capabilities, leveraging Belgian expertise

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Sabca Technologies Signs A Strategic Agreement With ArianeGroup - Brussels

Belgian Minister of Public Modernisation, Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Digitisation and Buildings Administration Vanessa Matz (L) the ArianeGroup Director of Civil Programmes Philippe Clar (C) and the Head of Infrastructure & Value Chain for the Space Transportation Directorate at the European Space Agency (ESA) Luce Fabreguettes (R) listen during a signing ceremony between the aerospace company ArianeGroup (Airbus Safran Launchers) and the SABCA (Societes Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques) in the premises of SABCA Brussels on October 6, 2025 in Brussels-Haren, Belgium. The contract between Sabca Technologies and ArianeGroup at SABCA premises is a cornerstone of Europe's efforts to maintain and expand its autonomous space launch capabilities, leveraging Belgian expertise and innovation for the Ariane 6 program. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sabca Technologies Signs A Strategic Agreement With ArianeGroup - Brussels

Head of Infrastructure & Value Chain for the Space Transportation Directorate at the European Space Agency (ESA) Luce Fabreguettes gives a speech during a signing ceremony between the aerospace company ArianeGroup (Airbus Safran Launchers) and the SABCA (Societes Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques) in the premises of SABCA Brussels on October 6, 2025 in Brussels-Haren, Belgium. The contract between Sabca Technologies and ArianeGroup at SABCA premises is a cornerstone of Europe's efforts to maintain and expand its autonomous space launch capabilities, leveraging Belgian expertise and innovation for the Ariane 6 program. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sabca Technologies Signs A Strategic Agreement With ArianeGroup - Brussels

(L-R) Director General of Research and Space at the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) Frank Monteny, the Secretary General of ArianeGroup Alexandre Ramat, the Belgian Minister of Public Modernisation, Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Digitisation and Buildings Administration Vanessa Matz, the Director General (CEO) of SABCA Samuel Weynants, the ArianeGroup Director of Civil Programmes Philippe Clar and the Head of Infrastructure & Value Chain for the Space Transportation Directorate at the European Space Agency (ESA) Luce Fabreguettes attend a signing ceremony between the aerospace company ArianeGroup (Airbus Safran Launchers) and the SABCA (Societes Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques) in the premises of SABCA Brussels on October 6, 2025 in Brussels-Haren, Belgium. The contract between Sabca Technologies and ArianeGroup at SABCA premises is a cornerstone of Europe's efforts to maintain and expand its autonomous space launch capabilities, leveraging Belgian expertise and innovation for the Ari

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