NASA’s Webb Telescope captures stunning “celestial fireworks” around a forming star
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an incredible image that looks like fireworks in space.
This image, taken with Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), shows...
Mars hit by space rocks more often than previously thought
NASA's Mars InSight Lander may be retired, but its data is still revealing new insights.
A team of scientists, led by Brown University, found that...
Scientists uncover new insights into black hole growth and evolution
Astrophysicists at Caltech have achieved a groundbreaking feat: they have simulated the journey of primordial gas from the early universe to the moment it...
Scientists unravel the mystery of moon swirls: Hidden magma could be the key
Lunar swirls are bright, sinuous patterns on the moon’s surface that look like brushstrokes in an abstract painting.
These features, visible even with a backyard...
Scientists investigate Uranus’s mysterious weak radiation belts
Nearly 50 years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and discovered a puzzling magnetic mystery.
Unlike most planets, Uranus's magnetic field is tilted about...
Scientists reveal the shape of the Milky Way’s dark matter halo with a “motion-picture”...
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking "motion-picture" method to study the shape of the Milky Way’s dark matter halo.
An international team used this method to...
Scientists challenge the role of black holes in dark matter
In a groundbreaking study, scientists have raised questions about whether black holes are responsible for dark matter in the universe.
This new research, conducted by...
Galaxies filled with old stars seen shortly after the big bang
How can young galaxies in the early Universe have ancient stars?
That’s the question a team of astronomers set out to answer using JWST as...
Earliest supermassive black holes were “shockingly normal”
The early Universe is a puzzling and—in many ways—still-unknown place.
The first billion years of cosmic history saw the explosive creation of stars and the...
No light black holes: quantum physics debunks decades-old theory
For the past seventy years, astrophysicists have speculated about the existence of "kugelblitze," special black holes formed from extremely high concentrations of light.
These theoretical...