NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spots a Hidden ‘Galaxy Killer’ Lurking in the Early Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a cosmic catastrophe, as winds extinguished a star-forming galaxy in…
Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found
A supermassive black hole 6 billion times the mass of the Sun lurks in MRG-M0138, a gravitationally lensed…
Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk
New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of…
The Edge of Our Galaxy Eluded Scientists for Years. They Finally Found It.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have long wondered where the Milky Way’s edge…
Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy Packed with Brilliant Star Clusters: NGC 3137
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3137,…
Astronomers May Have Found Remnants of a Lost Galaxy Named “Loki” Hidden in the Milky Way
Some of the oldest stars near Earth may not belong to the Milky Way as astronomers once assumed.…
Most Close Pairs of Stars Are Born as Cosmic Twins
An artist’s rendition of pair of twin stars being born in the HOPS-312 system in Orion. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF…
Radio Telescopes Reveal Masses of Young Stars in Orion
The star’s life, from its luminescence to death, depends on the stellar mass. The star’s mass also tells…
Magnetic Fields Mapped in Star-Forming Molecular Clouds
Molecular clouds, which are dense areas of gas and dust, are the birthplace of stars. Gravity pulls on…
Webb Focuses on Spiraling Star Factory: NGC 5134
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have produced a spectacular infrared image of the spiral galaxy…
Evidence Found for Dark Galaxy in Perseus Cluster
The new dark galaxy candidate is dominated by dark matter and nearly devoid of light. Named Candidate Dark…
Glowing Nebula Turns Out to Be Stellar Cradle
The Vela Junior supernova, also known as RX J0852.0-4622 or G266.2-1.2, exploded a few thousand years ago, leaving…