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Mission Operations Center for NASA's Webb Space Telescope. Also operating the Hubble Space Telescope and upcoming Roman Space Telescope.

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In a new study, astronomers used to study a red dwarf star weighing just one-tenth as much as our sun. No known planets have formed around this young star yet, which is just one to two million years old. (1/5) 🧵

A yellow star is at the center, surrounded by a mottled disk of gas and dust that transitions from bright yellow to darker orange moving outward. There is a gap between the inner disk and the star, with two curving streams of gas connecting the star and the disk. The wide disk stretches from about 8 o’clock to 2 o’clock and is tilted so that the nearer side is toward the viewer. A label at lower left says “artist’s concept.”
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    And the Grammy for the Best Telescope of the Last 30 Years goes to: the Hubble Space Telescope! 🏆

    No one can beat Hubble's greatest hits—featuring some of the telescope's most iconic images.

    A copy of Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' album cover. On a light beige background, a square image sits along the bottom and right corner showing the Hubble Space Telescope against the blue Earth and black space. Above the image in three shades of blue are the words "Hubble Space Telescope." Along the left side of the Hubble image are the names of 16 of Hubble's iconic images: Lagoon Nebula, Eta Carinae, Horsehead Nebula, Westerlund 2, Carina Nebula, Sombrero Galaxy, Arp 237, Bubble Nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy, Crab Nebula, Hubble Deep Field, Antennae Galaxies, NGC 602, V838 Monocerotis, Cat's Eye Nebula, Cosmic Reef.
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