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James Webb telescope measures the starlight around the universe's biggest, oldest black holes for...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light...
Photo shows collapsed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, not China's 'Eye of Heaven' telescope
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA photo of a collapsed radio telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory has been shared hundreds...
The New Extremely Large Telescopes And The US’ Waning Influence In Astronomy
Hackaday· 2 days agoFor many decades, the USA has been at the forefront of astronomy, whether with ground-based telescopes or space-based observatories like Hubble and the JWST. This rightfully ...
Researchers find 'fluffy oddball' of a planet with a composition similar to cotton candy
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago“To find these giant objects with such a small density is really, really rare,” said Barkaoui, a...
Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
SPACE.com· 3 hours agoNaval Observatory serendipitously rediscovered it with the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS). Berghea didn't know for sure what it was, but ...
Giant ‘ultra-light’ planet bigger than Jupiter is ‘fluffy like cotton candy’
The US Sun· 6 hours agoSCIENTISTS have discovered a unique, fluffy exoplanet that is 50% bigger than Jupiter over a thousand light-years away. The exoplanet, named WASP-193b, has an extremely low density that researchers ...
Astronomers say we may live at the center of a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide that defies...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoWide enough to fit 20,000 Milky Way Galaxies in a row stretching from one end to the other. The KBC...
This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy
The Virginian-Pilot· 1 day agoAstronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The exoplanet has exceedingly low density for its size, an international ...
Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt would appear that these giant streams quietly, but continuously, feed the cosmic abyss — and it's...
TRAPPIST-1 Outer Planets Likely Have Water
Universe Today· 1 day agoThe TRAPPIST-1 solar system generated a swell of interest when it was observed several years ago. In 2016, astronomers using the Transiting Planets and...