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Black hole 'traffic jams' are forcing cosmic monsters to collide, new study findsSupermassive black holes may create conditions akin to "cosmic intersections with failed traffic lights" that make collisions between smaller stellar-mass black holes inevitable.
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Explosive black hole flare from the center of our galaxy reconstructed from 'a single flickering pixel' using AI and Einstein's equationsAn explosive flare from the Milky Way's central black hole has been translated from 'a single flickering pixel' into a detailed 3D model using AI and Einstein's general relativity equations.
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James Webb telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
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What happened when the moon 'turned itself inside out' billions of years ago?"For the first time, we have physical evidence showing us what was happening in the moon's interior during this critical stage of its evolution, and that's really exciting."
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James Webb telescope to zoom in on Uranus and Saturn in study of mysterious aurorasTwo projects using the James Webb Space Telescope will look at the auroras of Uranus and Saturn to discover what processes make them tick.
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Newly discovered 'fountain of youth' phenomenon may help stars delay death by billions of yearsRecent observations show that some white dwarf stars suddenly stop cooling. Now, scientists propose a 'fountain of youth' mechanism that may explain how these stellar husks avoid death for billions of years.
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'This is a journey, not a destination': Stunning map of the Milky Way's center exposes new mysteries about our galaxyA stunning new map of the magnetic fields at the Milky Way's center charts never-before-seen features, and raises new questions about how our galaxy's central engine works.
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Speck of light spotted by Hubble is one of the most enormous galaxies in the early universe, James Webb telescope revealsThe ancient obect Gz9p3, which appeared as a single point of light through the Hubble Space Telescope, is actually one of the most enormous galaxies in the early universe, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal.
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James Webb telescope reveals targets for the next year, including monster black holes, exomoons, dark energy — and moreThe beloved James Webb Space Telescope will soon begin working on a fascinating to-do list for 2024 and 2025, including research into black holes, alien moons, dark energy and more.
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James Webb telescope reveals collection of ancient galaxies that 'transformed the entire universe'New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that dwarf galaxies in the early universe released enough collective radiation to change the cosmos forever.
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NASA's asteroid-slamming DART mission completely changed the shape of its targetNASA's DART spacecraft seems to have completely reshaped asteroid Dimorphos after violently crashing into it in Sept. 2022
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'Finally, we have the evidence': James Webb telescope spots neutron star hiding in wreckage of famous 1987 supernovaA neutron star spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope stayed hidden for 37 years while lurking in the wreckage of a stellar explosion, Supernova 1987A.
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Bizarre 'Russian doll stars' predicted with Einstein's general relativity equationsA new solution to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests hypothetical gravitational stars that look like black holes could be nested within one another.
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Dead star smaller than Jupiter is one of the tiniest in the known universeThe discovery or an ultra-tiny white dwarf could reveal how stars smaller than Jupiter are born.
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Meteor that exploded over Germany confirmed to be rare 'aubrite' as old as the solar system itselfA meteor that exploded over Germany on Jan. 21 was confirmed to be a rare aubrite, a type of asteroid as old as the solar system.
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could existA new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.
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James Webb telescope makes ultra-rare detection of 2 planets orbiting dead starsThe James Webb Space Telescope has detected two alien planets orbiting white dwarfs, the collapsed husks of once-mighty stars. The discovery offers a hint of what our solar system will look like after the sun's eventual demise.
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Event Horizon Telescope spies gargantuan energy jets erupting from nearby supermassive black holeAstronomers investigated an active supermassive black hole at the heart of Perseus A using the Event Horizon Telescope, spotting an epic battle between gravity and magnetism.
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How do galaxies grow while ensnared in the universe's cosmic web?New simulations show how thousands of galaxies evolve by traveling through the strands of gas, dust and stars that make up the universe's "cosmic web."
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Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar systemTeam "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity.
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'This might be the seeds of life': Organic matter found on asteroid Ryugu could explain where life on Earth came fromOrganic matter found in samples of asteroid Ryugu suggests that ancient comets may be responsible for bringing the 'seeds of life' to Earth.
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James Webb telescope reveals stunning 'star factory' in glorious new imageThe powerful James Webb Space Telescope captured a starburst complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, with stunning results.
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Faint radio signal from ancient star cluster could be rare 'missing link' black hole, astronomers reportThe most sensitive image of a globular cluster, a tightly packed ball of ancient stars, has revealed a strange radio signal that could be a black hole.
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Gory simulation reconstructs the violent clash between a monster black hole and a doomed starA new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events.
