Unusual New 3I/ATLAS Discovery Suggests the Interstellar Comet is “Anomalously Massive”
The mysterious comet 3I/ATLAS appears to be extremely large, making it orders of magnitude more massive than two…
Our universe is ‘trapped inside a black hole’, worrying new research claims
Have we been inside a black hole all this time? Our universe has been around for and estimated…
Inside the Milky Way Galaxy: James Webb Captures Breathtaking Images of Space ‘Largest Star-Forming Cloud’
See Breathtaking Images of Milky Way’s ‘Largest Star-Forming Cloud’ | Image: X The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
6,000 exoplanets found beyond our solar system. Are any like Earth?
For 30 years, the world’s astronomers have searched the cosmos for exoplanets. We recently hit a milestone now…
Webb Telescope Spots Possible Signs of Atmosphere on “Goldilocks” Exoplanet
This artist’s concept portrays the seven rocky exoplanets within the TRAPPIST-1 system, located 40 light-years from Earth. Credit:…
NASA’s Webb Just Revealed Something Astonishing in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Detections of near infrared emissions in Saturn’s ionosphere (left) show dark bead-like features embedded within bright aurora. In…
Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may hold Earth-like atmosphere, JWST finds
Astronomers have taken a huge leap towards discovering habitable worlds, and the world now eagerly anticipates a rocky…
A New Hope for Life? Webb Telescope Reveals First Clues From Potentially Habitable World
The Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e, depicted at the lower right, is silhouetted as it passes in front of…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
James Webb Telescope Discovers Massive Naked Black Hole in Early Universe
In the vast expanse of cosmic history, astronomers have long pieced together a narrative of the universe’s infancy,…
Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like…