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Ancient “Monster” Black Holes Revealed: MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars
SciTechDaily· 6 hours agoAncient starlight from the earliest quasars has been captured by MIT astronomers, revealing that...
How the Webb and Gaia missions bring a new perspective on galaxy formation
Ars Technica· 4 days agoUsing powerful space telescopes like Gaia and James Webb, astronomers are able to peer back in time...
Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAstronomers using the JWST have found what appears to be the highest redshift galaxy discovered to...
NASA telescope discovers exploding stars "almost everywhere"
Newsweek· 21 hours agoNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered an unprecedented collection of ancient supernovae. Astronomers announced that they found 10 times more of these stellar explosions ...
100 years ago, our understanding of the universe exploded
The Conversation· 2 days agoIn 1838, a nearby star appeared to wobble because our viewpoint on Earth was moving due to our planet being in orbit around the sun. Recent space missions allow us to see the apparent motion ...
Scientists spot more Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe
Science Daily· 3 days agoIn a new study, the Mizzou researchers have discovered that spiral galaxies were more common in the early universe than previously thought. "Scientists ...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
SPACE.com· 18 hours agoAstronomers have spotted flares and echos coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of...
James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big...
Hypervelocity Star Spotted Racing Through the Milky Way at 1.3 Million MPH
SciTechDaily· 22 hours agoA newly discovered L subdwarf is on an unusual journey through our galaxy. The Sun is orbiting the...
Record-Breaking Galactic Discovery: Webb Space Telescope’s Glimpse of Cosmic Dawn
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoThe NIRCam data was used to determine which galaxies to study further with spectroscopic observations. One such galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined ...