Hubble Telescope Tracks Dwarf Galaxy Stars to Map Dark Matter

The Draco dwarf is a faint, star-poor but dark-matter rich galaxy. Here we see Hubble zooming in on some of its stars.

The Hubble Space Telescope has shown that dark matter is concentrated in the core of a nearby dwarf galaxy, a discovery that comes to the aid of the Standard Model of Earth. cosmology. This model basically predicts that dark matter is “cold,” but recent findings seem to indicate that the substance is “warm.” However, these … Read more

James Webb’s telescope discovers jewel-bearing ‘Einstein ring’ made of warped quasar light

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A beautiful, bejeweled halo of warped light generated by a monstrous black hole takes center stage in one of the latest James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images. The luminous loop, which looks strikingly like a “Einstein ring“, is decorated with four points of light, but not all of them are real. The star-studded halo in … Read more

James Webb’s telescope discovers jewel-bearing ‘Einstein ring’ made of warped quasar light

A beautiful, bejeweled halo of warped light generated by a monstrous black hole takes center stage in one of the latest James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images. The luminous loop, which looks strikingly like a “Einstein ring“, is decorated with four points of light, but not all of them are real. The star-studded halo in … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope Sees Ancient Black Hole Dancing With Colliding Galaxies

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed the dramatic “dance” between a supermassive black hole and two satellite galaxies. The observations could help scientists better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes grew in the early universe. This particular supermassive black hole is feeding on surrounding matter, powering a bright quasar that … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope Sees Ancient Black Hole Dancing With Colliding Galaxies

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed the dramatic “dance” between a supermassive black hole and two satellite galaxies. The observations could help scientists better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes grew in the early universe. This particular supermassive black hole is feeding on surrounding matter, powering a bright quasar that … Read more

James Webb telescope reveals rare ‘rotten egg’ atmosphere around nearby cosmic planet

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A hellish planet with a “hot Jupiter” relatively close to Earth would probably smell like rotten eggs if we ever made the trip there, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals. HD 189733 b is a gas giant located about 64 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. It orbits extremely close to … Read more

Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Quasar-Galaxy Merger Billions of Light Years Away

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Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have studied the interaction of a quasar with satellite galaxies, gaining crucial insights into the growth of galaxies in the early universe, the mass of black holes, and chemical evolution. (Artistic concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com An international research group used the James Webb Space Telescope to witness the dramatic … Read more

Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Quasar-Galaxy Merger in Distant Universe

Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Quasar Galaxy Merger In The Distant Universe

An international research team, led by the Italian National Astrophysical Institute (INAF), has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to capture an extraordinary event in the distant Universe: the dramatic interaction between a quasar and two massive satellite galaxies in the PJ308-21 system. This remarkable discovery provides new insights into the growth of galaxies … Read more

Musk’s SpaceX and NASA team up again for $69 million space telescope launch contract: Here’s what the mission aims to accomplish

NASA has once again chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX for another project. TOPSHOT – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) weather satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 25, 2024. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} … Read more