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James Webb telescope spies stunning 'Firefly Sparkle' galaxy — a baby clone of the Milky Way being 'assembled brick by brick' in the early universe
The researchers discovered the galaxy, named "Firefly Sparkle" because the dots in it resemble the glowing insects, thanks to a quirky space-time phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein.
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Firefly Sparkle: Newly discovered galaxy mirrors Milky Way's early days
Nicknamed the Firefly Sparkle, this galaxy is gleaming with star clusters—10 in all—each of which researchers examined in great detail. Their work is published in Nature. "I didn't think it ...
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Firefly pressing ahead with Alpha launches from Wallops and Sweden
Firefly Aerospace expects to start launching its Alpha rocket from launch sites in Virginia and Sweden as soon as 2026 to ...