A dazzling new James Webb telescope image of the region near the Milky Way’s central … “James Webb telescope reveals ‘nursery’ of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way”
For nearly fifty years, astronomers have come up empty-handed in their search for stars within … “Distant stars spotted for the first time in the vast Magellanic Stream”
Space scientists seeking to understand the enigmatic origins of powerful cosmic rays have detected … “Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN”
The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly … “Our galaxy’s black hole spins fast and drags space-time with it, scientists say | CNN”
Solar scientists have observed a stunning display of radio waves over a sunspot, and these … “ ‘Peculiar’ aurora-like radio signal from sunspot discovered for the 1st time”
The Euclid – launched this past July – is a cosmology survey mission, optimized to determine the … “1st science images from Euclid! Dr. Becky explains why we love them”
Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to … “The universe is expanding faster than theory predicts”
Although the last time a human saw a star in the Milky Way go supernova … “Milky Way’s hidden supernova revealed by JWST”
Finding life on other planets might well be the holy grail of astronomy, but the … “Astronomers have directly detected a massive exoplanet — and the method could transform the search for life”
Scientists forecasting solar weather have finally acknowledged that the initial predictions for the current solar … “Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun’s explosive peak”