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Jupiter’s Icy, Forgotten Moon Just Became One of the Most Exciting Places in the Solar System

February 20, 2025

what happens if you stand in the path of a wandering black hole

February 19, 2025

It is believed that 4.4 billion years ago, a celestial body (Theia) slammed into Earth and produced the Moon. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

4.4 Billion Years Ago, a Planet Collided with Earth—And Changed Everything

February 19, 2025

This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole's event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object's gravitational grip. The black hole's powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole. Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI)

The Milky Way’s Heart Is on Fire: JWST Captures Explosive Black Hole Flares

February 18, 2025

Artist's impression of the Yellow Hypergiant star Rho Cassiopeiae around which gas shells form due to recurring outbursts observed in the last 130 years. Credit: Alex Lobel

The Violent Life of Rho Cassiopeiae: A Star on the Edge of Explosion

February 18, 2025

A mysterious isotope shift in ytterbium led scientists on a journey of discovery, revealing secrets about the structure of atomic nuclei. While hopes of a new dark force remain unproven, the findings provide crucial clues about the fundamental nature of matter and neutron stars.

A Strange Atomic Phenomenon Could Be Our Best Clue to Dark Matter Yet

February 17, 2025

An artist’s rendition of a supermassive black hole being a “messy eater.” Sometimes matter can be flung off at high speeds in the form of jets—which may create the conditions for stars to form.

The Milky Way Is on a Collision Course with a Black Hole—It’s Only a Matter of Time

February 17, 2025

This artist’s concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists recently discovered such a system that may break the current record for fastest exoplanet system, traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour, or 540 kilometers per second. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

This Planet May Soon Escape the Milky Way’s Gravitational Grip

February 16, 2025

A zoom-in of the main image. Are planets forming in here somewhere? Rocky ones in habitable zones? Image Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

Discover the Fiery Beauty of NGC 2040—A Star Cluster in Cosmic Bloom

February 16, 2025

This is an 80-million-pixel picture of the star cluster RCW 38, located 5500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. RCW 38 is a young cluster containing about 2000 stars, and is bursting with star-forming activity. The picture was taken with ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile's Atacama Desert. It shows a mixture of gas, dust and stars, creating an extravagant, yet spectacular landscape. As VISTA observes infrared light, it is able to peer through most of the dust in this region, which would block our view when observing in visible light. Behind the dust, VISTA is showing young stars within dusty cocoons and cold 'failed' stars known as brown dwarfs, thus revealing the secrets within these young stellar nurseries. Credit: ESO/VVVX survey

See! The Spectacular Birth of Suns in RCW 38

February 15, 2025

Artist's rendition of a white dwarf from the surface of an orbiting exoplanet. New research suggests that white dwarfs can be hospitable hosts for life-supporting exoplanets. Image Credit: Madden/Cornell University

There May Be Life—Even Around a Dead Star! The Hidden Potential of White Dwarfs

February 15, 2025

Is This the Missing Link Between Galaxies? Astronomers Say Yes

February 13, 2025

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The Milky Way Is on a Collision Course with a Black Hole—It’s Only a Matter of Time

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February 17, 2025

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Discover the Fiery Beauty of NGC 2040—A Star Cluster in Cosmic Bloom

February 16, 2025

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See! The Spectacular Birth of Suns in RCW 38

February 15, 2025

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Einstein Was Right! Euclid’s Discovery Proves General Relativity in Action

February 11, 2025

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When Stars Shed Their Skins: The Strange Case of SN 2014C

February 10, 2025

This illustration shows the massive galaxy nicknamed the Bullseye face-on. Dotted circles indicate where each of its rings are, which formed like ripples in a pond after a blue dwarf galaxy (not shown) shot through its core about 50 million years ago. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope helped researchers carefully pinpoint the location of most of its rings, many of which are piled up at the center. Data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii helped the team confirm another ring. Credit: NASA, ESA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

Galactic Bullseye: Hubble Catches a Galaxy with Nine Rings

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February 6, 2025

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured one of the most astonishing sights in the universe—a galaxy with nine concentric rings....

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Impossible Cosmic Sight: Astronomers Find an Object That Shouldn’t Exist

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February 1, 2025

A newly discovered neutron star called ASKAP J1839-0756 is challenging long-held assumptions in astrophysics. Conventional wisdom states that older, slow-spinning...

This the largest photomosaic ever assembled from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Williams (University of Washington)

Hubble’s Largest Image Ever: Andromeda Galaxy Like You’ve Never Seen Before

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January 21, 2025

The universe is vast and mysterious, but with the help of groundbreaking technology, humanity continues to peel back its layers....

By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies that reside in a region of space isolated from the environmental influence of larger objects. The galaxies, located in the direction of NGC 300, were found to contain only very old stars, supporting the theory that events in the early Universe cut star formation short in the smallest galaxies. These images were taken for the DECam Legacy Survey (DECaLS), one of three public surveys that jointly imaged 14,000 square degrees of sky to provide targets for the ongoing Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Survey. DECals was conducted using the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Credits: DECaLS/DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab) Usage Restrictions

Ghost Town Galaxies Discovered! What They Tell Us About Star Formation

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January 20, 2025

Nestled in the vastness of space, three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—Sculptor A, B, and C—have recently been discovered, capturing the attention...

RGB image of G278.94+1.35 made of ASKAP smoothed 15′′ (red), WISE W3 (green) and WISE W4 (blue). The dash box marks the nearby HII region that is in the line of sight. Credit: Filipović et al., 2024.

Astronomers Discover Diprotodon: A Massive Supernova Remnant Closer Than Ever Before!

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January 8, 2025

Astronomers have uncovered a stellar marvel closer to Earth than initially thought. The Galactic supernova remnant G278.94+1.35, affectionately nicknamed "Diprotodon,"...