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Webb looks into the cradles of star clusters, finds massive clusters emerge faster 6 May 2026 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have looked deeply at thousands of young star clusters in four nearby galaxies, studying clusters at different stages of evolution. Their findings show that more massive star clusters emerge more quickly from the clouds they are born in, clearing away gas and filling the galaxy with ultraviolet light. The result gives us a more detailed understanding of star formation in galaxies, as well as how and where planets can form. Article link: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2608/ Video [1:25] Video Description: Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have looked deeply at thousands of young star clusters in four nearby galaxies, studying clusters at different stages of evolution. Watch this Space Sparks episode to learn more. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) Pic Description[Top]: This image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51), one of the four galaxies studied in this work, as seen by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The thick clumps of star-forming gas are shown here in red and orange, representing infrared light emitted by ionised gas, dust grains, and complex molecules such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Within these gas complexes, each tens or hundreds of light years across, Webb reveals the dense, extremely bright clusters of massive stars that have just recently formed. The countless stars strewn across the arm of the galaxy, many of which would be invisible to our eyes behind layers of dust, are also laid bare in infrared light. Pic Description[Quad]: This image shows the four galaxies studied in this research, each of which has previously been the subject of an ESA/Webb Picture of the Month: Messier 51 (top left), Messier 83 (top right), NGC 4449 (bottom left), and NGC 628 (bottom right). Blue colours, especially in the centre of the galaxies, are near-infrared light that show the location of bright stars. Orange and yellow show ionised gas and red colours come from complex molecules and dust grains; these are longer mid-infrared wavelengths. They trace out the spiral arms of each galaxy as a network of filaments with cavities in between. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team.

That's a nice clarification that we might see come through in due course. It reminds me of when we were 'reclassified' as domestics. It makes me feel acknowledged as being part of the family. I find it encouraging and heart warming. ❤️

Some great ideas incorporated in there. I'll test it when I get a chance. Ty T.

Sorry. I couldn't resist...

I think the convention spoiler thread. Just in case someone me on here don't wish to see a pre-release. Imo

Done. And loved them all. How blessed are we!

I only just woke up. Should I watch the Update first? Oh my. Please tell me we can watch them. My plans for today have just gone out the window.

What's going on? I see Ep4, 5 and 6 are now online...? How did I miss the 'Have you been to a Convention?' firewall?

On our website: https://www.jw.org/en/news/#newsAlerts

NASA's Hubble Dazzles With Young Stars in Trifid Nebula Release date: 20 April 2026 10am Actively forming stars are threaded throughout thick dust in this star-forming region. Hubble is the most enduring space telescope the world has ever known. Many of its findings could not have been predicted when the concept for this telescope was proposed in 1946. Hubble provided the first confirmation that supermassive black holes exist, and that black holes are at the cores of almost all galaxies. This telescope was the first to confirm an atmosphere around a planet outside our solar system — and showed us the first images of asteroids with tails. It has observed a huge number of cosmic objects, from nearby stars and star-forming regions to more distant merging galaxies and galaxy clusters. Its extensive, precise observations are regularly referenced when astronomers calculate (and recalculate) the expansion rate of the universe itself. This great observatory is always “on” — Hubble takes new images and data daily. Its deeply detailed images capture ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. In honor of Hubble’s 36th anniversary, the telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997: A small portion of a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known as the Trifid Nebula. The before-and-after shows changes over incredibly short timescales — and instills a sense of awe and wonder about our ever-changing universe. Article Link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-013/ Video Description: [5min] NASA is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a stunning new look at the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years away. Powerful ultraviolet light from massive stars carved out this glowing bubble, triggering new waves of star birth. Sit back and relax as Hubble Senior Project Scientist, Dr. Jennifer Wiseman takes us on a tour of this beautiful image. Credit: NASA; Lead Producer: Paul Morris Video link: Pic Description: NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The telescope leveraged almost its full operational lifetime to show us changes in the nebula on human time scales with an improved camera. Several massive stars, which are outside this field of view, have shaped this region for at least 300,000 years. (See them in a wider view.) Their powerful winds continue to blow an enormous bubble, a small portion of which is shown here, that pushes and compresses the cloud’s gas and dust, triggering new waves of star formation. NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies... Space photo of the week By Jamie Carter published 14 hours ago What it is: The largest 3D map of the universe ever created Where it is: The universe, as seen from Earth When it was shared: April 17, 2026 The largest 3D map of the universe, created with data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail. This snapshot is just a small part of one of the most comprehensive and spectacular views yet of the universe — a web-like structure formed by millions of galaxies, stretching back to near the dawn of time. Each tiny point in the image represents a galaxy mapped by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). The galaxies aren't randomly distributed; instead, they form in filaments and clusters known as the cosmic web. Between these luminous strands of galaxies are vast empty regions known as voids, where few stars or galaxies exist. The image is from the largest high-resolution 3D map of the universe ever created. DESI, which is mounted on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, uses 5,000 robotic fiber-optic sensors to capture light from distant celestial objects. Article Link: https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/largest-ever-3d-map-of-the-universe-shows-47-million-galaxies-from-the-milky-way-to-cosmic-noon-space-photo-of-the-week Pic Description: A small portion of DESI's year-five map of the large-scale structure of the universe. (Image credit: DESI Collaboration and DESI Member Institutions/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. ProctorImage Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)) [ED To quote: 'Each tiny point in the image represents a galaxy...']

Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars 14 April 2026 10am Release ID: 2026-116 Composition and orbit of super-chonky 29 Cygni b point to accretion within a protoplanetary disk. Where is the dividing line between stars and the most massive planets? Scientists think it may depend on how they formed. Was it from a bottom-up approach, gradually growing larger over time, or a top-down approach in which a large collection of gas and dust fragments into smaller, planet-sized bits? To answer these questions, astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study an object weighing about 15 times as much as Jupiter, which puts it right on the dividing line between the two processes. They found that the object, called 29 Cygni b, likely formed from the bottom up rather than the top down. In other words, it formed like a planet, not a star. Read more: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-116.html/ Pic Description: Exoplanet 29 Cygni b, seen in this artist’s concept, is a gas giant weighing about 15 times the mass of Jupiter. Astronomers studied 29 Cygni b with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. They determined that it likely formed from accretion rather than disk fragmentation. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

Ty. I'll check it out next time I merge/sync my files. TonyW

I used it, and it went well. I have a Win 11 PC and a tablet and a phone. One comment (and it is a very small/ unique quirk)... I colour code my highlighting in the study bible. I have changed some of my highlight colours on my phone, to change them to a different category. (This list is in my head -lol. So a passage that was yellow 💛 is now green say 💚) Now it is exactly the same passage, and same words highlighted. The only change is the colour . The merge function did not copy or update to the latest 'colour' that I had changed it to. The highlight is still there, but it's the original colour. As I say, not a big issue at all. But it was one that I stumbled across. Keep up the good work. Ty T.

Splashdown! 14 pics in article: https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/artemis-ii-astronauts-conclude-historic-moon-voyage-20260411-p5zn2i