Tag: Universe
A glimpse of a star birth by Webb Telescope
This is a sparkling scene of star birth captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wis [...]
1st exoplanet in multi-ring disk around star is found
Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth. The planet has [...]
The ‘Wow! signal’, not so alien after all
For researchers seeking answers to the question of whether we are alone in the universe, one event nearly half a century ago lingers even today, the [...]
Colliding galaxies may hint at the fate of Milky Way
New observations of a pair of colliding spiral galaxies hint at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they co [...]
Hubble telescope watches supernova explosion
Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images one year apa [...]
First ever molecules recreated with surprising results
For the first time, researchers have recreated the universe's first ever molecules by mimicking the conditions of the early universe.
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Aliens may swim in truly exotic pools
Here on Earth, liquid water is key to life. But elsewhere? That might not be the case. A new study suggests that other liquids might be able to suppo [...]
NASA studies comet 3I/ATLAS as Hubble estimates size
A team of astronomers has taken the sharpest-ever picture of the unexpected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the crisp vision of NASA’s Hubble Space [...]
Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-int [...]
Precursors of life could form in lakes of Titan
NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Tit [...]