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NASA telescope captures breathtaking images of 10 mesmerizing starry scenes

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The US space agency National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) often takes to Instagram to share stunning visuals of the cosmos and celestial bodies from space, captured by its telescope. Let's take a look at some of the stunning starry photos captured by NASA. NASA's Webb telescope captured this record- breaking brown dwarf in star cluster IC 348. It is about 1000 light-years away and only 5 million years old. NASA's Hubble telescope captured this image of a cosmic reef 163,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. It is a part of a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way full of massive stars. Captured by the Hubble telescope, here's a pic of two galaxies full of bright blue stars and dark brown dust gravitationally interacting and merging. This image was captured by Hubble telescope when a star got too close to a black hole causing the tidal waves to rip away the stars' gaseous matt...

NASA provides an explanation for why astronauts float in space

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ASTRONAUTS FLOAT IN SPACE? According to NASA, astronauts float in space because they are in a state of microgravity, also sometimes called free fall. While it might seem like there's no gravity at all in space, that's not quite true. Gravity is still very much present, but astronauts experience it differently due to their constant motion. Read ahead in detail! MICROGRAVITY Astronauts experience a state known as microgravity in space, where the pull of gravity is not very strong, making things seem weightless. This microgravity environment creates unique challenges and opportunities for space exploration and research. FREE FALL Astronauts are in a constant state of free fall, meaning they are constantly falling towards the Earth. However, they are moving so fast that they never actually hit the ground. They experience perpetual free fall in a very weak gravitational field. GRAVITY'S PULL The force of gravity pulls all objects t...

Top 10 favourite pictures from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

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SATURN                     NASA shares an image of the Saturn, seen as a dark orange- brown circle, surrounded by several bright, thick, horizontal white rings. It is one of the most liked image of the last year. NGC 346                        Credit-nasaweb NASA explains arcs of orange and pink gas that form a bird- like shape. The White stars are studded throughout. WR 124                       Credit-nasaweb It is an eight-pointed star surrounded by a clumpy pink cloud of material. M51                     Credit-nasaweb A large spiral galaxy with a bright white core and swirling rings of deep orange and cloudy gray, interspersed by darker empty regions. RING NEBULA                     Credit-nasaweb NASA shares ...