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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.

Mysterious galaxy trapped in 'the void' keeps churning out stars without fuel
By Joanna Thompson published
Researchers are puzzled as to how the dwarf galaxy NGC 6789 continues to make new stars, despite being stuck in the gas-famished Local Void.

We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.
By Benjamin Pope published
A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.

Astronomers spot the most powerful and distant 'odd radio circle' ever seen
By Joanna Thompson published
With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have found the most powerful and distant "odd radio circle" ever detected.

Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid streaks through the frame.

A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of place
By Elizabeth Howell published
A giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it.

Scientists shocked to find rare 'Einstein cross' with a surprise in its center
By Joanna Thompson published
An image of a distant galaxy warped by a cosmic magnifying glass reveals a massive blob of dark matter hiding in plain sight.

Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe
By Elizabeth Howell published
We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'
By Skyler Ware published
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have zoomed in on a 'Little Red Dot' that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, and found that it may contain the earliest known black hole in the universe.
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