Giant Telescope – 8x the Size of Earth – Reveals Unprecedented View of Colossal Cosmic Jet
A telescope larger than the Earth has found a plasma rope in the Universe. Using a network of radio telescopes on Earth and in space,…
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When Telescopes Fall: The Daring Recovery of NASA’s Dark Matter Data
And the recovery journey involving a smashed telescope, a cougar scare, and police. Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters…
Unveiling Galactic Mysteries: Scientists Uncover Strongest Evidence Yet for Local Sources of Cosmic Ray Electrons
The CALET instrument has detected electrons arriving with more energy than ever recorded before. A new study using data from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) instrument aboard…
Cosmic Vanishing Acts: NASA Unraveling the Mystery of Shrinking Exoplanets
A new study could explain the ‘missing’ exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new…
Cosmic Forges: Exploring a Heavy-Metal Factory 900 Million Light Years Away
Using multiple observatories, astronomers directly detect tellurium in two merging neutron stars. An extraordinary burst of high-energy light in the sky has pointed astronomers to…
Einstein’s Puzzle: Unraveling the Mystery of the Universe’s Accelerating Expansion
The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, possibly driven by dark energy. However, the Hubble tension, a discrepancy in expansion rate measurements, challenges current…
Mysterious Aurora-Like Radio Emissions Uncovered Above a Sunspot
Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have documented extraordinary, long-lasting radio emissions from a sunspot, offering new insights into solar and stellar magnetic…
Exploring the Reality of Time Travel: Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
Will it ever be possible for time travel to occur? Have you ever dreamed of traveling through time, like characters do in science fiction movies?…
Cosmic Flash: Earth Struck by Historic Gamma-Ray Burst From Exploding Star
An enormous burst of gamma rays, detected by ESA’s Integral space telescope, has struck Earth. The blast caused a significant disturbance in our planet’s ionosphere….
Cosmic Clarity: Gravitational Lensing Reveals the Fine Fabric of Dark Matter
A team of researchers has used the gravitational lensing of the MG J0414+0534 system, observed with ALMA, to map dark matter distribution in unprecedented detail,…
Mapping the Cosmos: NASA’s Latest Space Telescope To Survey 450 Million Galaxies
Key elements are coming together for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before. NASA’s SPHEREx…
Alien Atmosphere: Webb Detects Water Vapor, Sulfur Dioxide and Sand Clouds in Nearby Exoplanet
A team of astronomers used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107 b. Peering…
33 Billion Light Years Away: Webb Space Telescope Finds Galaxies That Challenge Astronomical Theories
Follow-up observations in Pandora’s cluster confirmed the second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever seen, which are larger than other galaxies at such extreme distances. The…
From the Distant Past: JWST Unveils Secrets of 12-Billion-Year-Old Star-Forming Galaxies
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have enabled Australian astronomers to uncover secrets of how infant galaxies started an explosion of star…
The Universe’s Hidden Backbone: ALMA Unveils Dark Matter’s Fine-Scale Fingerprint
Groundbreaking observations reveal dark matter fluctuations below the scale of galaxies, affirming cold dark matter theories and providing new insights into the Universe’s composition. A…
NASA+: The New No-Cost, Ad-Free Streaming Service From NASA
NASA’s new on-demand streaming service and upgraded app are now available, ushering in a new world of original content from the space agency for the…
Webb’s Window Into Cosmic Birth: Ice Pebble Drift Sparks Planetary Life
Drifting pebbles deliver water to the inner regions of planet-forming disks How are planets born? Scientists have long proposed that ice-covered pebbles are the seeds…
Euclid’s Cosmic Lens Magnifies the Majestic Horsehead Nebula
Euclid shows us a spectacularly panoramic and detailed view of the Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33 and part of the constellation Orion. At…