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Webb NIRCam image of the field containing the small host galaxy of fast radio burst FRB 20240304B

October 8, 2026ESA/Webb

Webb Finds the Tiny Host Galaxy of the Most Distant Fast Radio Burst

Artist's impression of a planet-like brown dwarf glowing with a dull, mottled reddish-purple light against dark space

October 8, 2026NASA

NASA's SPHEREx Finds Water, Methane and CO2 in 37 Brown Dwarfs

Gemini North image of supernova remnant Pa 30, with radial filaments made of chains of small knots around a central star

October 6, 2026NSF NOIRLab

Gemini North Finds Chains of Knots in the Remnant of Supernova 1181

Rubin Observatory image of the field around the progenitor of supernova SN 2026gzf

August 5, 2026NSF NOIRLab

Einstein Probe Catches a Supernova at the Moment of Shock Breakout

VLT SPHERE images of the red supergiant Betelgeuse and its faint companion star, Betelgeuse B

July 28, 2026ESO

VLT Captures the Clearest Image Yet of Betelgeuse's Companion Star