NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released a striking new picture of the large galaxy cluster Abell 209, 2.8 billion light-years from us in the Cetus […]
Tag: Galaxies
Hubble Uncovers Multi-Age Stars in Ancient Cluster, Reshaping Galaxy Origins
Astronomers call ancient star clusters like NGC 1786 “time capsules” for their galaxy, preserving some of its oldest stars. A new image from NASA’s Hubble […]
JWST Finds Black Hole Between Galaxy Cores, Hinting at Rare Direct Collapse Birth
Astronomers have detected a weird black hole that is causing its galactic host to wobble like a top in the throes of “direct collapse” in […]
James Webb Telescope Spots Rare ‘Cosmic Owl’ Formed by Colliding Galaxies
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “Cosmic Owl,” a startling owl-faced pair of colliding ring galaxies. This double-ring structure is exceptionally rare: ring […]
NASA’s Hubble and Webb Discover Bursting Star Formation in Small Magellanic Cloud
Scientists from NASA observed the bursting expansion of gas, stars, and dust from the glittering territory of the dual star clusters using Hubble and Webb […]
Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Turn Failed Stars Into ‘Dark Dwarfs’
Astronomers now propose that “failed stars” known as brown dwarfs could be powered by dark matter. Dark matter makes up about 85 percent of the […]
Scientists Trace Universe’s Missing Ordinary Matter Using FRBs and X-rays
Almost half of the matter of the universe is yet hidden from observation, literally unknown to us. Scientists have discovered the fast radio waves and […]
Smallest Galaxy Ever Found: Andromeda XXXV Defies Cosmic Evolution Models
Astronomers have identified the smallest and faintest galaxy ever observed, located approximately 3 million light-years away. This discovery challenges existing theories on galaxy formation, as […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Deploys NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Probes
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:10 p.m. EST, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH […]
Water May Have Formed in the Universe 100 Million Years After Big Bang
Water molecules may have emerged in the universe much earlier than previously estimated, suggesting that the conditions necessary for life existed billions of years before […]
