Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using NASA’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They observed twoin disks and parallel jets erupting from a few young stars in the star system WL20, located more than 400 light-years away in the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex. This unexpected finding provides new … Read more
Scientists have found strong evidence that some massive stars end their existence with a whimper, not a bang, and sink into one black hole of their own making without the light and fury of one supernova. To understand why this is important, we need to start with a crash course in stellar evolution. Stars generate … Read more
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has made a remarkable discovery: a rare mini-Neptune exoplanet in a binary star system. This planet, designated TOI 4633 c, is notable not only for its unique features, but also for its position within the habitable zone of its galaxy. The discovery has sparked interest and raised questions about … Read more