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…
“Dark Matter Halos”: Harvard Researchers Propose New Explanation for Ghostly “Little Red Dots” in Deep Space
Harvard astronomers are proposing a new theory that the mysterious “little red dots” first spied by the James…
Earth-like planet that may contain water studied by NASA’s Webb telescope
Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the space…
JWST May Have Found the Universe’s First Pristine Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope may have uncovered one of the Universe’s first galaxies, AMORE6, almost devoid of…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers 300 ‘Mysterious’ Objects That May Illuminate Universe’s Origins
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists make discoveries that could alter theories about the universe’s origins.…
NASA once celebrated her, then fired her, and then tried to erase her story: The rise and fall of Rose Ferreira |
Image: Brooke Owens Fellowship Rose Ferreira’s life story reads like a tale of resilience against impossible odds. Born…
This Visiting Interstellar Comet Just Keeps Getting Weirder
Ever since interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS whizzed into our cosmic neighborhood in July, astronomers have been racing to uncover…
Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide
James Webb has revealed Uranus’ smallest moon yet, a six-mile-wide world hidden near its inner rings. This discovery…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers 300 Mysterious Objects That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have spotted 300 mysterious objects that may be some of the…
Giant planet found orbiting tiny star ‘should not exist’, astronomers say |
Astronomers have discovered a giant planet named TOI-6894b orbiting a very small red dwarf star that has only…