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Published Peering into the tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA's Webb



The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, bu...
Published Finding explanation for Milky Way's warp



Though scientists have long known through observational data that the Milky Way is warped and its ed...
Published Earth-sized planet discovered in 'our solar backyard'



Astronomers have discovered a planet closer and younger than any other Earth-sized world yet identif...
Published A new beginning: The search for more temperate Tatooines



Luke Skywalker's childhood might have been slightly less harsh if he'd grown up on a more temperate...
Published How astronomers are using pulsars to observe evidence of dark matter



Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Univers...
Published Black hole at center of the Milky Way resembles a football



The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the...
Published Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time



In late 2019 the previously unremarkable galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly started shining brighter than...
Published Strong evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri



Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at t ...
Published Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star



In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers co...
Published Tiniest free-floating brown dwarf



Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like s ...
Published Building blocks for life could have formed near new stars and planets



While life on Earth is relatively new, geologically speaking, the ingredients that combined to form...
Published WASP-193b, a giant planet with a density similar to that of cotton candy



Astronomers have just discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily low-density giant planet orbiting a d...
Published Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space



Analysis of organic compounds -- called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from th...
Published Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers - Medium-Sized Black Holes: The Messy Toddlers of the Universe



In new 3D computer simulations, astrophysicists modeled black holes of varying masses and then hurle...
Published Dwarf galaxies use 10-million-year quiet period to churn out stars



If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you might be forgiven in thinking they are star...
Published Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A - Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A



The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more...
Published NASA's Webb Space Telescope peers behind bars - NASA's Webb Space Telescope Peers Behind Bars



A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Sp...
Published Spatial patterns in distribution of galaxies - Spatial Patterns in Distribution of Galaxies


In an unlikely pairing, a chemist and an astrophysicist applied the tools of statistical mechanics t...
Published Bursts of star formation explain mysterious brightness at cosmic dawn



In the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, the you...
Published Three iron rings in a planet-forming disk



Astronomers have detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-for...