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The North Star Has an Age-Defying Secret: Stellar Cannibalism
Scientific American· 7 hours agoPolaris, the North Star, is one of the most famous stars in the sky, but it’s also quite an enigma....
James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoDr Stefano Carniani of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, added: “It is stunning that the...
How we can understand our universe through math
Astronomy Magazine· 2 hours agoOne such transformation occurred in 1998, when dark energy — a mysterious force thought to be driving the accelerated expansion of the cosmos — was...
Earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed
BBC via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAstronomers say the most interesting aspect of the latest observation is not so much the great distance involved - as amazing as that is - but rather the...
The 8 most extraordinary JWST images of 2024, so far
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSince launching on December 25, 2021, JWST has provided ground-breaking insights into the history of our universe. And 2024 has been no different. This...
Extraordinarily bright galaxy breaks the record for most distant celestial object ever observed
TechSpot· 20 hours agoToday was no exception when scientists revealed they had spotted the most distant galaxy ever viewed. Redshift refers to the amount an object's light wavelengths have stretched due to the universe's ...
The ultimate cosmic weapon? A simple triangle
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago“These are small,” says Father Ted in the eponymous sitcom, holding up a pair of toy cows. “But the ones out there,” he explains to Father Dougal,...
Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star
LiveScience· 22 hours agoA planet beyond the solar system that has been compared to Spock's homeworld Vulcan in the Star Trek...
Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time
SPACE.com· 5 hours agoFor the first time, astronomers have detected the magnetic fields of massive, blazingly hot stars...
James Webb telescope discovers the 2 earliest galaxies in the known universe — and 1 is shockingly...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe James Webb Space Telescope has detected the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known...
