A double quasar has been discovered moving towards a major merger, lighting the ‘cosmic dawn’ just 900 million years after the Big Bang. They are the first quasar few spotted so far back in cosmic time. Quasars grow quickly supermassive black holes in the cores of hyperactive galaxies. Streams of gas are forced down the … Read more
The rapid formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe continues to baffle astronomers, and new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have only deepened the mystery; even challenge existing models of cosmic evolution. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), equipped with the advanced Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), allows scientists to delve deeper into … Read more
A stunningly fast star that is one of the oldest in the Milky Way has been spotted crossing our Milky Way by astronomers looking for something completely different. The scientists noticed that the fast star was moving at a speed of 2.1 million kilometers per hour, almost three times the speed of our own Sun, … Read more
In a remarkable feat of astronomical research, Kevin Hainline, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, has observed a galaxy that offers a glimpse into the universe’s distant past. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hainline and his team have identified a galaxy, named JADES-GS-z14-0, that appears as it existed 290 million years after … Read more
Astronomers are about to capture a time-lapse of the night sky using the largest digital camera ever built. Chile’s new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, designed to reveal every new or moving point of light and the structure of the universe, will take so many pictures, so quickly, that it will effectively produce an astronomical movie … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
A recent study from the ARC Center of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics suggests that neutron stars could play a crucial role in understanding dark matter. The study found that when dark matter particles collide into neutron stars, they can quickly heat these stars, potentially making them observable with future astronomical technologies. This rapid … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn × close to Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn Scientists at the University of Missouri are … Read more
Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn Scientists at the University of Missouri are peering into the past and discovering new clues about the early universe. Because light takes a long time to travel through space, they can now see what galaxies looked like billions of years … Read more