For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered if there is life beyond Earth. The
Continue readingWebb has seen large amounts of dust in two large supernovae.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed remarkable images of two supernovae, SN 2004et and SN 2017eaw, within
Continue readingHubble reveals complex and delicate filamentary structures in the gas around NGC 1275.
This Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1275 reveals the intricate and delicate filamentary structures in the gas
Continue readingSaturn and some of its moons were examined by Webb’s NIRCam instrument.
On June 25, 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope of NASA directed its first near-infrared observations to the world-renowned Saturn.
Continue readingThe Webb telescope has identified the earliest strand of the cosmic web.
This deep galaxy field imaged by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera shows an arrangement of 10 distant galaxies in a diagonal, thread-like
Continue readingA bright shower of stars amid waves of gas and dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Open cluster KMHK 1231 is an impressive group of stars that are loosely bound together by gravity, and is seen
Continue readingWhy are planets in quadruple star systems part of discovery for astronomers?
Astronomers have discovered the second known case of a planet residing in a quadruple star system.This particular planet had
Continue readingDo Enceladus’ oceans support life?
The icy crust at the south pole of Enceladus exhibits large fissures that allow water from the subsurface ocean
Continue readingHow life began on our world and others.
Where do we begin? To answer this question, we must look to the reaches of the universe and the mysteries
Continue readingDid Galaxies Change the Early Universe?
The team led by Simon Lilly of ETH Zürich in Switzerland recently used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to
Continue readingKepler-452b is the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone.
Kepler-452b is the first near-Earth-sized planet to be discovered in the habitable zone of a star similar to sun.
Continue readingCan star formation continue despite the best efforts of magnetic fields?
New research from the Stratospheric Observatory Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has revealed that magnetic fields in the 30 Doradus region,
Continue readingDid the explorers discover other unique features in the most luminous cosmic explosion?
NASA’s NuSTAR X-ray telescope has given astronomers a clue as to why GRB 221009A, the brightest and most energetic
Continue readingWebb detected organic molecules 12 billion light-years away from Earth.
Astronomers using the Webb telescope have made a remarkable discovery in a distant galaxy, more than 12 billion light-years
Continue readingThe Hubble Telescope examines a faint galaxy.
This image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Messier 85 galaxy in its full, hazy splendor. It
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