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A composite RGB image of the Ring Nebula (also known as Messier 57 and NGC 6720) constructed from four WEAVE/LIFU emission-line images.
A UCL and Cardiff-led team using WEAVE on the William Herschel Telescope has found a thin bar of highly ionized iron inside the Ring Nebula
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Astronomers found one of the oldest “dead” galaxies yet. Data suggest its black hole shut down star birth by slowly blocking fresh gas.
SpaceJWST found a ‘dead’ galaxy that quit making stars billions of years agoJoseph Shavit
A schematic of superionic water, where oxygen atoms form a solid lattice and hydrogen ions move freely. Powerful lasers allow this planet-like state to be recreated and measured in the lab.
SpaceSuperionic form of water may power planetary magnetic fieldsJoseph Shavit
Chinese researchers unveil the first practical lunar timekeeping software to support navigation, landings, and future Moon missions.
SpaceChina releases first practical software to keep time on the MoonJoseph Shavit
New research links Earth’s orbital wobble to 4,000–5,000-year climate swings during a hot, ice-free Cretaceous period.
SpaceSlow orbital wobbles drove drastic climate swings on EarthJoshua Shavit
Dark matter may have started hot and cooled during reheating after the Big Bang.
SpaceScientists reveal how dark matter formed in the early universe and why its still hereJoseph Shavit
The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.
SpaceAstronomers spot an ‘impossible’ shock wave around a dead star systemJoseph Shavit
Artist's impression of a forming galaxy cluster in the early universe: radio jets from active galaxies are embedded in a hot intracluster atmosphere (red), illustrating a large thermal reservoir of gas in the nascent cluster.
SpaceAstronomers spot a hot galaxy cluster that defies existing cosmic theoryJoseph Shavit
The positions and trajectories of 20 hypervelocity stars as reconstructed from data acquired by the Gaia satellite, overlaid on top of an artistic view of the Milky Way. Credit: ESA (artist's impression and composition); Marchetti et al 2018 (star positions and trajectories).
SpaceRunaway stars within the Milky Way may reveal dark matter’s hidden structureJoseph Shavit
By merging two spacecraft views, scientists tracked NOAA 13664 for 94 days and learned how its magnetic chaos fueled major solar storms.
SpaceScientists produce the longest continuous series of images for a single active solar regionJoseph Shavit
Artist's concept shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse and an orbiting companion star. The companion, which is orbiting clockwise from this point of view, generates a dense wake of gas that expands outward.
SpaceLong-suspected companion star finally confirmed around BetelgeuseJoseph Shavit
Meteorite chemistry shows which primitive asteroids may hold usable metals or water, and why most space mining remains difficult.
SpaceIs asteroid mining actually feasible? Meteorite chemistry data offers new insightShy Cohen
JWST has revealed a black hole so massive, and so star-poor, that it bends standard cosmic origin stories.
SpaceJWST discovers a massive primordial black hole that may have formed before starsJoseph Shavit
This image shows the location of Cloud-9, which is 14 million light-years from Earth. The diffuse magenta is radio data from the ground-based Very Large Array (VLA) showing the presence of the cloud. The dashed circle marks the peak of radio emission, which is where researchers focused their search for stars.
SpaceCloud-9: Astronomers spot a gas-rich cloud dominated by dark matter that contains no starsShy Cohen
A rare cosmic alignment reveals a rogue planet drifting alone through the Milky Way
SpaceGravitational lensing helps astronomers determine the true mass of a rogue planetJoseph Shavit
New research finds that two massive, hot stars swept past the Sun about 4.4 million years ago, blasting nearby gas clouds with radiation and leaving a lasting imprint on the space surrounding your solar system.
SpaceTwo blazing stars once raced past the Sun and reshaped our solar systemJoseph Shavit
Artist's view of WASP-107b. The planet’s low density and the intense irradiation from its star allow helium to escape the planet and form an asymmetric, extended, and diffuse envelope around it. Infrared observations with the JWST satellite have enabled the observation of this phenomenon.
SpaceJWST observations reveal massive helium clouds escaping from exoplanet WASP-107 bJoseph Shavit