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Hubble Captures a Cosmic Fossil
NASA· 2 hours agoThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It’s not an unusual globular cluster in and of itself ...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoBecause the results only take us back to 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang, they don't describe...
Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDespite the JWST's detection of molecules within, such as sulfur dioxide, GJ 3470b's atmosphere...
'Supernova discovery machine' James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant star explosion on record
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe JWST has proven itself to be a "supernova discovery machine" by finding 80 exploding stars in...
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
FOX61· 6 days agoWilliam Anders, a retired major general, has said the photo was his most significant contribution to the space program along with making sure the Apollo 8 command module and service module worked ...
'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to...
Scientists can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our...
The Conversation· 2 days agoWhy two different methods used to calculate the rate at which the universe is expanding don’t produce the same result. Known as the Hubble tension, the enigma suggests that there could be something ...
Io’s Fiery Secrets: Unveiling Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon With New Imaging Tech
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA team of astronomers and engineers will publish this week in the journal Geophysical Research...
Astronomers Should Take a Deeper Look at Naming
Scientific American· 4 days agoIn 2002 then NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe announced that the upcoming Next Generation Space Telescope, the pride of the agency and a promise of...
Scientists spot more Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe
Science Daily· 4 days agoIn a new study, the Mizzou researchers have discovered that spiral galaxies were more common in the early universe than previously thought. "Scientists formerly believed most spiral galaxies ...