A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy's most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be inflated precursors of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. ...
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Published in Nature Astronomy, the study details how Webb's infrared instruments charted nearly 800,000 galaxies in the COSMOS field. The data reveal how dark matter - undetectable by light but dominant in mass - has shaped the universe's structure ...
A bright blue jet of plasma captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the "cosmic blowtorch" in the image above has been traced 3,000 light years through space by the Event Horizon Telescope. Its source: the supermassive black hole at the heart of the ...
Astronomers used an a custom-built AI tool to scour millions of Hubble images, uncovering the universe's overlooked curiosities.
AnomalyMatch allows astronomers to process millions of Hubble images at record speed, revealing new galaxies and gravitational lenses ...
Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek astronomer Hipparchus.
Even in an expanding Universe, we expect both redshifted and blueshifted galaxies. But nearly every one we see is redshifted. Here's why.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! ยป
NASA's Moon astronauts will be using a new spacesuit to explore the lunar surface. Unfortunately, experts say, it has problems.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope continues to capture views that transport you far into the cosmos, and this latest look at Pismis 24 is particularly compelling. When you combine that with Chandra's keen eye for high-energy bursts, you have an ...
The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a '50% chance of residing in the habitable zone' of its sun-like star, scientists say ...