A supernova remnant may have been discovered in the Milky Way
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the supernova SN 1993J. Thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers…
Hidden cosmic web revealed by WA radio telescope with biggest-ever magnetic map
Scientists around the world are celebrating the creation of the largest magnetic map of the universe ever produced.…
NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds
This plot shows currently known exoplanets, with different categories highlighted. Roman will help fill in the bottom-right of…
HWO Target Stars and Systems: Activity and Rotation Catalog (ARC) of Potential Target Stars for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Upper panels: Equatorial rotational velocity (veq) vs. projected rotational velocity (v sin i) for stars in Tiers 1,…
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…
With a power of 10,000 suns, jets emitted by a black hole were measured for the first time
The universe contains many mysterious and powerful objects. This is the case for black holes, which are celestial…
From Gas To Stars Along The Spiral Wave: CO, HCN, And Star Formation Variations Across The Spiral Arms In NGC 4321 And M51
Optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of the targets NGC 4321 (top) and M51 (bottom) overlaid with CO,…
A Tiny Camera In a Cereal Box-Sized Space Telescope Is Searching for Habitable Planets
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) built an ultraviolet camera for NASA’s teeny-tiny SPARCS space telescope, which is about…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
Square Kilometre Array Telescope Boosts Space Science in Africa
The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), an international radio telescope project, is helping boost capacity for space science across…
A new rogue planet the size of Saturn has been detected about 10,000 light-years away
An artist’s illustration showing a planet in space. (Image source: TheDigitalArtist – Pixabay) Astronomers have detected a new…
Images of Ultra-Rare Cosmic Calamity Unravel a Longstanding Mystery
‘This composite image features X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data of the luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT)…