In the 1997 movie “Contact,” adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega. She emerges inside a snowstorm of debris encircling the star — but no obvious planets are visible. It looks like the filmmakers got it […]
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Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Stars
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November 1, 2024
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