With a mass of about 50 billion times that of the Sun, this black hole is one of the largest ever discovered
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a black hole in the universe. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Jupiter’s jet streams dive into extreme atmospheric regions
Jupiter does not sit still. Its atmosphere races around the planet in more than 20 east-west jet streams,…
Jupiter-like exoplanet helping scientists rethink how solar systems form
A planet so distant that its starlight began traveling toward Earth around the Middle Ages has given one…
The Universe may have begun inside a black hole, not a Big Bang
For nearly a century, modern cosmology has treated the Big Bang as the opening moment of everything, the…
James Webb Telescope Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Cosmic Web in Stunning Detail
A slice through the COSMOS-Web cosmic-web map, showing galaxies across nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history. The…
Astronomers Stunned by Ancient Galaxy With No Spin
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive galaxy from the early universe that appears…
The universe is significantly older than previously thought, astronomers find
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope have been causing trouble for the standard story of cosmic…
Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang
Far back in cosmic time, one small red object is refusing to behave. Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700…
Could the Universe’s Hidden Shape Solve One of Physics’ Biggest Mysteries?
Physicists are grappling with a major mismatch between theory and observation in the energy driving the universe’s expansion.…
Scientists Complete Largest 3D Map of the Universe to Probe Dark Energy
A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and…
The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast and Scientists Can’t Explain Why
Artist’s interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across…
Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Adding Serious Fuel to the Cosmology Crisis
Last week, the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) concluded its first official survey. Over the past five years,…