Astronomy

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found…

5 days ago

Witness a “Once-in-a-Lifetime” Nova Explosion

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae…

5 days ago

NASA’s Planet Hunter’s Rare Glimpse at Two Black Holes in a Faraway Galaxy

The black holes in orbit around each other. Both black holes have jets associated with them: the larger one with…

6 days ago

Meet 2 Innu women trailblazers in astrophysics and land guardianship

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton says she wants to understand the very large and the very small, and that's why she became the…

1 week ago

JWST’s Insights Into Protoplanetary Disks

Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk around a very low-mass star. It depicts a selection of hydrocarbon molecules (Methane, CH4;…

1 week ago

The Roman Telescope’s Quest for Primordial Black Holes

The upcoming Roman Space Telescope may unveil a new class of “featherweight” black holes, challenging existing theories of black hole…

2 weeks ago

First Map of Outflows From Nearby Quasar I Zwicky 1

This artist’s impression shows the surroundings of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the active galaxy NGC 3783…

2 weeks ago

Unlocking a New Era in Astronomy From 250 Meters Underground

The Einstein Telescope is being built around 250 meters underground. With interferometers in the three tunnels, each ten kilometers long,…

2 weeks ago

MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars

New findings by MIT show early supermassive black holes grew rapidly from large cosmic seeds, challenging previous understandings of galaxy…

2 weeks ago

Hubble Reveals an Ancient Witness to a Galactic Merger

This Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It is located about 750 light-years from the Large…

3 weeks ago

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