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Hubble telescope helps find six 'dead' galaxies from the early universe
The Hubble telescope and ALMA have found six 'dead' early galaxies that stopped forming stars unusually quickly.
NASA will finally launch the James Webb Space Telescope on December 18th
NASA now plans to launch its long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope on December 18th.
A star fragment is flying out of our galaxy at nearly two million miles per hour
Scientists have studied a supernova star fragment flying out of the Milky Way galaxy at nearly two million miles per hour.
Scientists spot light behind a black hole for the first time
Scientists have witnessed the light from behind a black hole for the first time using NASA and ESA telescopes.
NASA struggles to fix a Hubble Space Telescope computer glitch
The Hubble Space Telescope has been suffering from a payload computer glitch for nearly a week, and NASA hasn't had much success fixing it.
The best dark matter map to date raises questions about the universe
Scientists have released the most precise map of dark matter to date, but it only serves to highlight mysteries in the universe.
New AI supercomputer will help create the largest-ever 3D map of the universe
A new AI supercomputer, Perlmutter, is powerful enough that it will be used to help make the largest-ever 3D map of the universe.
Scientists spot the most energetic light ever seen
Scientists have spotted the most energetic light yet, suggesting our galaxy is full of particle accelerators.
Hitting the Books: The 'symphony' of Fourier transformations that first imaged a black hole
In 2019, Dr. Heino Falcke led an international team of astronomers on an epic quest to capture images of a black hole. Light in the Darkness is a meditation on those efforts, exploring the nature of black holes through the technological, scientific, philosophical and spiritual.
NASA's TESS spacecraft has already found 2,200 possible planets
NASA's TESS spacecraft has already found 2,200 potential planets, surpassing its original goal and raising hope of finding Earth-like worlds.
This is the most detailed picture of a black hole to date
Scientists have captured an image of the M87 galaxy's black hole showing how it looks in polarized light, revealing the shape of key magnetic fields.
The world's largest telescope is edging closer to completion
This week, the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab began work on the sixth of seven primary mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).
One of the first known black holes is more massive than once thought
Astronomers have determined that one of the first known black holes, Cygnus X-1, is more massive than once thought — and that could force a rethink of scientific models.
Astronomers confirm the most distant object in the Solar System
Scientists have confirmed that Farfarout is the most distant object in the Solar System — it makes Pluto seem close.
Hubble researchers find a gaggle of small black holes
Hubble telescope researchers have found a concentration of small black holes — the first studied in significant detail.
Scientists may have found the background ripples of the universe
Scientists have found a strong signal that might represent the universe's background gravitational waves.
Scientists find a strange signal coming from our closest neighboring star
Scientists have detected a strange radio signal coming from Proxima Centauri, although we wouldn't count on aliens being involved.
Strange exoplanet discovery makes a case for the elusive 'Planet Nine'
Hubble researchers have determined that a jovian world has such a strange orbit that it might explain our Solar System's theoretical 'Planet Nine.'
Supernovae may generate life-giving carbon atoms faster than thought
Using supercomputer simulations, Michigan State University scientists have found that exploding stars create life-giving carbon atoms much faster than they thought. However, that discovery has created another mystery that could upend current theories of element creation and help fuel new science in the areas of astronomy and fusion.