JWST finds water around a dying star near the Milky Way’s central black hole
A giant aging star near the Milky Way’s central black hole is shedding enormous amounts of gas and…
Researchers Used Two Telescopes to Discover a Planet Hidden In Plain Sight
‘This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting…
Bullet Cluster Confirmed 10:1 Minor Merger: JWST Ends Two Decades of Dispute
The James Webb Space Telescope has definitively resolved one of astrophysics’ most contested measurements: a new joint analysis…
JWST solves the mystery of the giant planet orbiting a dead star
A giant planet circling a dead star should not be there. That was the puzzle hanging over WD…
JWST Confirms Most Distant Gravitational Lens: Galaxy Cluster Defies Cosmic Formation Models
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that a galaxy cluster 10.4 billion light-years away is the most…
JWST finds rare planet with different atmospheric conditions at dawn and dusk
WASP-121 b is split between extremes. One side faces its star nonstop and burns at about 2,770 Kelvin.…
Galaxy-killing wind may explain why giant galaxies died so early
A massive galaxy in the early universe seems to be growing itself toward ruin. While it churns out…
Astronomers Discover Two Monster Black Holes Creating a Cosmic Void as They Merge
Artistic depiction, for illustrative purposes online. Space is usually crowded at the center of a giant galaxy. Stars…
A dead galaxy from the early universe is forcing astronomers to rethink galactic evolution
Space tends to reward expectations. Young galaxies should spin. Gas falls in, gravity takes hold, angular momentum builds,…
In The Heart Of Planetary Nebula Tc 1, A Buckyball Of Buckyballs
The planetary nebula Tc 1, as observed by JWST’s MIRI mid-infrared instrument, uses a combination of nine filters…
Between Eternal Night And Day, The Faces Of Two Cousins Of The Earth
This artist’s impression displays TRAPPIST-1 and its planets reflected in a surface. The potential for water on each…
A planet that tricks physics? Webb reveals the secret behind Saturn’s strange rotation
For decades, Saturn has been playing a strange trick on scientists. Depending on how they measure it, the…