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13 billion-year-old 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the oldest objects in the universe, James Webb telescope reveals
By Brandon Specktor published
Born less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, Maisie's galaxy is officially one of the four oldest galaxies ever discovered, a new JWST study reveals.
'Wrinkle in space-time' enables James Webb to capture stunning image of most distant star ever detected
By Kiley Price published
The ancient star Earendel is more than twice as hot as the sun and around a million times brighter, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest.
Giant 'bubbletrons' shaped the forces of the universe moments after the Big Bang, new study suggests
By Paul Sutter published
Meet the 'bubbletrons' — theoretical particle accelerators that may have helped build the universe as we know it.
Hundreds of 'ghost stars' haunt the Milky Way's center. Scientists may finally know why.
By Robert Lea published
Ghostly nebulas created by exploding stars appear to align in the Milky Way's bulging center. Astronomers may finally know why.
Scientists think they saw an asteroid crash into a dead star — and release one of the brightest explosions in the universe
By Paul Sutter published
Astronomers proposed a new mechanism behind mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs), and it involves unlucky asteroids crashing into neutron stars.
James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.
5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universe
By Paul Sutter published
From the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang.
James Webb telescope discovers carbon compounds crucial to life in star system 1,000 light-years from Earth
By Briley Lewis published
An infant star system contains the basic building block for organic chemistry, new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal.
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