Webb Space Telescope Detects 6000-Mile Water Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb Enceladus—a tiny, icy moon of Saturn—is one of the most intriguing objects in the…
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Star Swarms Reveal a Hidden Beast: NASA’s Hubble Hunts for Black Hole Close to Earth
A Dark Central Mass is Lurking at the Hub of a Glittering Stellar Island Gravitational traps in space, black holes, come in different sizes. Or…
Unexpected New Quest for Astronomers After Webb’s Mysterious Find in Rare Main Belt Comet
The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest discovery is a tale of two detections. Solar system scientists took NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on a treasure…
Webb Explores Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Discovers Evidence of Hidden Planets
Nearby Planetary System Seen in Breathtaking Detail A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details…
Cosmic Cradle: Hubble Discovers Newborn Planets Hidden in Dancing Shadows
Unseen Newborn Planets Are Stirring Up Dust Around a Young Star Our universe is so capricious it sometimes likes to play a game of hide…
Astronomers “Star Struck” by Webb Space Telescope’s Deep-Field Image of the Pandora’s Cluster
Astronomers reveal a detailed image of Pandora’s Cluster, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, offering new insight into cosmology and galaxy evolution. The ancient…
Steamy Space Mystery: Webb Telescope Finds Water Vapor, But From a Rocky Planet or Its Star?
More observations will be needed to determine if exoplanet GJ 486 b has an atmosphere. GJ 486 b is about 30% larger than the Earth…
Peeking Into the Cosmic Cradle: Webb Telescope Unveils a Massive Protocluster’s Baby Photos
Protocluster Confirmed, 650 Million Years after the Big Bang How did we get here? This fundamental question may be applied on its grandest scale in…
The Cosmic Potato: M87 Galaxy’s True 3D Shape Revealed
A Huge City of Myriad Stars Turns Out to be Potato-Shaped Though it’s estimated that the universe contains 1 trillion galaxies, they come in just…
Dark Nebula’s Stellar Cauldron Unveiled in Stunning Observation for Hubble’s 33rd Anniversary
Dark Nebula is a Cauldron of Star Birth You should know where you come from, but understanding the birth of our Sun and family of…
Cosmic Collision Ignites a Trillion-Sun Spectacle: James Webb Space Telescope Unveils Arp 220
A Dazzling Display of Star Birth Captured in Infrared A stunning smash-up of two spiral galaxies shines in infrared with the light of more than…
The Green Monster of Space: Unveiling a Supernova Remnant’s Hidden Secrets With Webb
Glowing dust and elements display complex structures that are challenging for scientists to explain. The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the…
Cosmic Monster on the Loose: Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Is “Not Like Anything Seen Before”
A Bizarre 200,000-Light-Year-Long Bridge Links a Galaxy to Its Escaping Black Hole The universe is so capricious that even the slightest things that might go…
Dazzling Rings and Dynamic Atmosphere Stun in Webb’s Spectacular New View of Ice Giant Uranus
Webb’s Infrared Image Highlights the Planet’s Dramatic Rings and Dynamic Atmosphere The planet Uranus is an oddball in our solar system, tilted on its side…
Unexpected Double Quasar Discovered – Pair of Merging Galaxies Ignite Black Holes on a Collision Course
A Pair of Merging Galaxies Ignite Black Holes on a Collision Course Quasars are among the universe’s brightest fireworks. Scattered all across the sky, they…
Saturn’s Strange Ring-Heat Phenomenon: Solving a Solar System Mystery
A Rain of Icy Particles Is Affecting the Giant Planet’s Weather The planet Saturn is easily recognizable for its opulent ring system that can easily…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Unveils the Sizzling Secrets of a Distant Rocky Exoplanet
The amount of infrared light coming from TRAPPIST-1 b suggests that the planet is devoid of any significant atmosphere. Acting as a giant touch-free thermometer,…
Interplanetary Weather Observer: Hubble Spies Spectacular Changing Seasons at Jupiter and Uranus
Forecast for Blustery Winds, Smoggy Hazes The outer planets beyond Mars do not have solid surfaces to affect weather as on Earth. And, sunlight is…
