How can young galaxies in the early universe have old stars? That’s the question a team of astronomers set out to answer using the JWST as a probe. They first discovered the massive objects in 2022 and are still working on an explanation for these things. The infrared-sensitive JWST recently focused on three of these … Read more
Telescopes are evolving and their appeal is increasing. The Vaonis Hestia is a perfect example of this. It was first announced almost a year ago, as the world’s first smartphone telescope. It should make astronomy more accessible than ever – and I tested it extensively for its stargazing strides. The Hestia is a fresh take … Read more
Stars near the center of our galaxy could be forever fueled by dark matter, according to a team of astronomers who recently studied the distant light sources. Florida family sues NASA over home damaged by space debris The group of stars, known as S-cluster stars, are located just three light-years from the center of the … Read more
The position of a newly found dwarf galaxy (Virgo III) in the constellation Virgo (left) and its members (right; the stars circled in white). The member stars are concentrated within the dotted line in the right panel. Credit: NAOJ/Tohoku University For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer … Read more
A starburst galaxy, teeming with forming stars, devours surrounding dwarf galaxies in a stunning new image from the twin telescopes Gemini North. Bright red and pink wisps of gas and dust and bright white and blue stars seen in the image make up the galaxy NCG 4449, also known as Caldwell 21, located about 13 … Read more
A bright quasar, powered by a supermassive black hole, emits radiation that pushes clouds of gas away from its surroundings, generating winds at speeds of about 58 million kilometers per hour. Oh, and the quasar is also almost as old as the universe itself. The discovery, made by a team of scientists led by astronomers … Read more
A bright quasar, powered by a supermassive black hole, emits radiation that pushes clouds of gas away from its surroundings, generating winds at speeds of about 58 million kilometers per hour. Oh, and the quasar is also almost as old as the universe itself. The discovery, made by a team of scientists led by astronomers … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered what could be the earliest star clusters in the universe. JWST discovered the five proto-globular clusters – swarms of millions of stars held together by gravity – within the Cosmic Gems arc, a galaxy that formed just 460 million years after the Sun’s birth. Big bang. The … Read more
Spiral galaxy, NGC 4303, seen from above. Pink, orange and red galactic long-range images. Elements … [+] of this image provided by NASA (combination of images observed by the Webb and Hubble telescopes) Getty Like most good science, large telescopes often create more riddles than they solve. That’s certainly been the case with NASA’s Webb … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The main technique Mistele used in his research, gravitational lensing, is a phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. As part of the research, Mistele plotted the so-called Tully-Fisher relationship on a map to highlight the empirical relationship between … Read more