Artist’s impression of the triple protostars, IRAS 04239+2436. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) An international research team used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMAThe Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
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Scientists determined that the universe is made up of 31% matter and used innovative techniques to measure and verify this, paving the way for future…
Recently discovered Comet Nishimura, C/2023 P1, has caught the attention of the public. Although its trajectory suggests a close approach to the Sun and possible…
The Hubble Space Telescope, using its Advanced Camera for Surveys, captured this striking image of Arp 107, showcasing two galaxies in the midst of a…
The three-dimensional simulation of the exotic supernova reveals the turbulent structures generated during the material ejection in the explosion. These turbulent structures subsequently impact the…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured HH 211, a Herbig-Haro object, revealing detailed outflows from a young protostar resembling an early Sun. The high-resolution image…
A Sun-like star, located in a galaxy about 500 million light-years away, is being incrementally devoured by a black hole, shedding a mass equivalent to…
Hubble Constant Tension Mystery Deepens: Webb Space Telescope Measures the Universe’s Expansion Rate
Combined observations from NASA’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and Hubble’s WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3) show spiral galaxy NGC 5584, which resides 72 million light-years away…
Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics have developed a new way to measure UV sources using the Swift/UVOT…
Animation showing the formation of a supernova remnant. New research, which will utilize advanced telescopes and blend machine learning with manual observation, hopes to double…
MIT astronomers mapped the “disk winds” associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a system in which a neutron star is drawing material away…
Evidence for two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses has been found with Chandra. The two pairs are shown in…
Ejecta from the first supernovae (cyan, green, and purple objects surrounded by clouds of ejected material) enrich the primordial hydrogen and helium gas with heavy…
The compact radio jet in the center of the Teacup galaxy blows a lateral turbulent wind in the cold dense gas, as predicted by the…
Researchers from SISSA have identified the main properties of a mysterious, distant celestial object using the ALMA interferometer. The young, compact galaxy is forming stars…
This image of the Crab Nebula combines data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in magenta and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in dark purple.…
The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) focused on the area in and around the Hubble Space Telescope’s Ultra Deep Field. Using Webb’s NIRCam instrument,…
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years. This new…
A rare and bizarre cosmic event involving three massive black holes has led to the discovery of an unprecedented phenomenon: a supermassive black hole moving…
Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Webb’s Infrared Image Highlights the Planet’s Dramatic Rings and Dynamic Atmosphere The planet UranusUranus…