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May 9, 2025 — Astronomers have detected a dramatic cosmic event—a star being shredded by a black hole—in an unexpected location. Known as a tidal disruption event (TDE), this stellar catastrophe unfolded about 2,600 light-years from the center of its host galaxy, suggesting the presence of a second, wandering supermassive black hole. Named AT2024tvd, the […]

  New findings using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based radio telescopes have revealed a cosmic collision near the heart of our galaxy—where a fast-moving neutron star appears to have shattered a massive, bone-like structure. Astronomers studying the Milky Way’s center have identified a dramatic fracture in a galactic feature nicknamed “The Snake,” officially known […]

  This image illustrates a science-based artist’s impression of K2-18 b, a potentially habitable exoplanet 120 light-years away, orbiting a cool dwarf star in its habitable zone. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing the search for life beyond our solar system, offering humanity its most detailed look yet at distant, potentially habitable worlds. […]

  This NASA/ESA Hubble image shows a 9.5 light-year tall gas pillar in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light-years from Earth. As part of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th anniversary celebrations, a new image series is being released, revisiting some of Hubble’s most iconic targets with fresh data and enhanced processing […]

This illustration shows a magnetar—a highly magnetic type of neutron star—appearing as a white-blue sphere with powerful magnetic field lines streaming from its poles. Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a rare and mysterious cosmic object—magnetar SGR 0501+4516—is hurtling across our galaxy, seemingly from an unknown place of origin. This “runaway magnetar” […]

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing clumpy dust rings and clear holes in its vibrant pink core using mid-infrared light. A dying star’s final performance has been brought into sharp focus by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, revealing a cosmic display of tangled […]

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed a planetary engulfment event where a planet’s orbit decayed over time, forming a hot accretion disk and a surrounding cloud of cool dust—contrary to prior beliefs that the star had expanded to consume it.   NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has rewritten the narrative of what was once believed […]

  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently captured images of asteroid 2024 YR4 using its NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) to measure reflected light and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to detect thermal light. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently focused on asteroid 2024 YR4, an object that, despite early concerns about a potential Earth impact in 2032, […]

  An image of the Milky Way from the MeerKAT radio telescope puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s Sagittarius C image in context, revealing supernova remnants and the bright core around the galaxy’s supermassive black hole, with massive vertical filaments echoing Webb’s findings in the hydrogen cloud. A recent follow-up study on an image of […]

  Uranus, the icy giant that orbits the Sun on its side, has long been a mystery to scientists. Now, thanks to two decades of data collected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have uncovered significant new details about the planet’s atmospheric composition and its dynamic behavior. These findings, made possible by Hubble’s sharp resolution, […]