Tag: Universe
Star escaped supermassive black hole’s violent grips
A distant supermassive black hole may have bitten off more than it can chew! Not only did the star it selected for a stellar meal escape its clutches [...]
Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought
As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence the search for extraterre [...]
Most massive black hole merger ever detected
Scientists have detected the most massive merger of black holes ever. This titanic collision, "heard" in ripples in spacetime called gravitational wa [...]
Webb scratches beyond surface of Cat’s Paw
It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has [...]
‘Fossil galaxies are the dinosaurs of the universe’
Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy that is a "cosmic fossil" which has remained "frozen in time" for billions of years.
Just as din [...]
Webb ‘pierces’ through the Bullet Cluster
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster, delivering highly detailed images that show a greater abundance of extrem [...]
Ringed planets, more than mere decoration
Though we think of rings as being decorative elements of a planet, they are active, dynamic structures.
For centuries Saturn was famous as our sol [...]
Astronomers locate universe’s ‘missing’ matter
Astronomers have discovered a vast tendril of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters and stretching out for 23 million light-years, 230 times the lengt [...]
Webb captures frigid world on bizarre orbit
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of a distant, frigid planet in a solar system unlike ou [...]
Webb offers new look at Sombrero Galaxy’s Disk
After capturing an image of the iconic Sombrero galaxy at mid-infrared wavelengths in late 2024, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now followed u [...]