Recent research by the University of Cambridge has unveiled the mystery behind Venus’s cloud compositions, identifying a combination of rhomboclase and acid ferric sulfate as…
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Intense solar flares, including larger “super flares” from other stars, are being studied to understand their impact and origins, with recent models indicating similar underlying…
Recent studies of SS 433 have unveiled the mechanisms behind its gamma-ray emissions, revealing how particles are accelerated within its jets. This discovery challenges existing…
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration have discovered nearly 300 gamma ray pulsars, advancing pulsar research and contributing to…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam has revealed small, faint galaxies merging with larger ones in the early Universe, solving the mystery of detected hydrogen…
The U.S. Postal Service issued a Priority Mail stamp Jan. 22, 2024, featuring an image of the Pillars of Creation from NASA’s James Webb Space…
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of N79, a vibrant star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, highlighting its potential as…
This composite image of the Manatee Nebula captures the jet emanating from SS 433, a black hole devouring material embedded in the supernova remnant that…
Galaxies falling into a massive galaxy group. Upon entering the group, these galaxies exhibit a blueshift in comparison to the central galaxy. Credit: Dr. Shihong…
Astrophysicists studying the exoplanet WASP-69b have discovered it possesses a comet-like tail, seven times longer than the planet itself. This phenomenon occurs as the planet’s…
Euclid’s strength lies in its diversity: this small section of Euclid’s large image plane shows a detail of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Clearly recognizable are…
This Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 438, located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Lepus. Surrounded by constellations such as…
Researchers have identified HD 63433d, an Earth-sized planet that is both closer and younger than previously discovered planets of similar size. Its proximity to a…
The image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, shows a high-resolution view of the innermost parts of the Milky Way. In the new…
Harvard scientists have created a groundbreaking 10-centimeter glass metalens, employing advanced nanofabrication to capture high-resolution images of celestial bodies. This large-scale metalens, suitable for mass…
XRISM’s Resolve instrument captured data from supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud to create the most detailed X-ray spectrum of the object ever…
Researchers are exploring the elusive intermediate-mass black holes, theorized to bridge stellar and supermassive black holes. Simulations suggest formation pathways in dense star clusters, but…
The team identified a new radio source (white square) in the center of the cluster (red circle) Credit: Paduano et al. A global team of…
Researchers, using the James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered the oldest known black hole, challenging existing theories about black hole formation. This discovery, considered a…
XRISM’s Xtend instrument captured galaxy cluster Abell 2319 in X-rays, shown here in purple. The background is a ground-based image showing the area in visible…