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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxy
By Patrick Pester published
The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.

James Webb telescope may have spotted the earliest supernova in the universe
By Shreejaya Karantha published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big Bang.

City-size 'cosmic butterfly' carved into Mars' surface contains traces of ancient water
By Harry Baker published
The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried Martian ice.

30 models of the universe proved wrong by final data from groundbreaking telescope
By Paul Sutter published
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile has released its final batch of data after 15 years — and it proves that the Hubble tension, a rift in our understanding of the universe, is very real.

The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.
By Elizabeth Howell published
Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS.

Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth
By Brandon Specktor published
New images taken with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii confirm that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has gotten brighter and greener since its close flyby of the sun in October.

James Webb telescope uncovers a new mystery: A broiling 'hell planet' with an atmosphere that shouldn't exist
By Tia Ghose published
James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile chemicals.

See up to 150 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend as the Geminid meteor shower reaches its stunning peak
By Jamie Carter last updated
The Geminid meteor shower peaks this weekend! The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth in a near-moonless night sky.
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