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The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.
A magnetic white dwarf binary called RXJ0528+2838 is surrounded by a bow-shaped shock wave that should not exist.
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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
An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA participation, to uncover and study a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. The gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of 60 000 km per second.
SpaceAstronomers watch a supermassive black hole X-ray flare ignite an ultra-fast galactic windJoseph Shavit
Hubble imaged a record-size protoplanetary disk with one-sided filaments and turbulent “wisps,” reshaping ideas of planet formation.
SpaceDracula’s Chivito: Hubble reveals the largest known planet-forming diskJoshua Shavit
Laboratory tests show that small amounts of silicon and carbon mixed with iron may explain why seismic waves travel unevenly through Earth’s inner core.
SpaceScientists discover onion-like layering in Earth’s inner coreJoseph Shavit
Artistic impression of the Electrostatic Tractor during an Earth encounter.
SpaceScientists build an electrostatic ‘tractor beam’ to move space junk safelyShy Cohen
An artist’s rendering shows the rare galaxy system J1219+1035, where three galaxies are in the process of merging. At their cores sit three actively feeding, radio-bright supermassive black holes, with powerful jets illuminating the gas around them.
SpaceThree black holes light up at once in rare three-galaxy collisionJoseph Shavit
New analysis of Juno data reveals Europa’s ice shell may be up to 39 kilometers thick, reshaping views of its hidden ocean.
SpaceNASA’s Juno spacecraft offers fresh insight into Europa’s icy ocean and its potential to support lifeJoseph Shavit