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NASA discussing bold mission to boost Swift space telescope today: Listen live
NASA will discuss an ambitious mission to boost the orbit of its Swift space telescope during a press conference today (June 17), and you can listen t...
Source: Space.com
Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere
It’s 2158, and you’re chugging away on your PhD in Planetary Volcanology from the University of Utopia Planitia on Mars. Graduate students still get p...
Source: Universe Today
The James Webb Space Telescope may have seen the chemical fingerprint of a molecule linked to marine life on Earth in the atmosphere of K2-18b, 124 light-years away. But the signal is still tentative: it could be dimethyl sulfide, a related sulfur compoun
The James Webb Space Telescope may have picked up the faint chemical signature of a molecule that, on Earth, is made almost entirely by marine life. T...
Source: Space Daily
NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted
One well-done gas giant, coming right up! That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b,...
Source: NASA
NASA X-ray spacecraft catches jet erupting from 1st supermassive black hole imaged by humanity
"We could already see changes in the jet, but never with this level of detail in X-rays."
Source: Space.com
NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal History of Relic of Milky Way’s Formation
Researchers using two of humanity’s most powerful observatories — NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — have definitively shown that Terzan ...
Source: NASA
The History and Scientific Impact of Hubble’s Deep Field Imaging
When someone asks me what originally got me interested in space exploration, my answer is always the same - the Hubble Deep Field. That image, taken i...
Source: Universe Today
Little Red Dot Is a Cocooned Black Hole
A deep spectrum of a mysterious "little red dot" reveals a supermassive black hole cocooned in gas so dense it's opaque — but glowing i...
Source: Sky & Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires
"With its unprecedented observational quality, JWST gives us the most detailed glimpses into distant planets to date."
Source: Space.com
We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says colu...
Source: New Scientist
NASA’s Chandra Observatory spots possible supernova remnant in the middle of our galaxy
If the supernova remnant is confirmed, it would be one of the closest to the supermassive black hole that lies in the center of the Milky Way
Source: Scientific American
This gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies: New study reveals how neutral gas shaped the early Universe
This gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies during the early stages of the Universe. A new study by an international team of rese...
Source: The Times of India
Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The next generation space observatory is scheduled to launch in August. The post Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope appeare...
Source: Popular Science
See Venus Disappear in Broad Daylight on June 17th
On June 17th, much of North America can watch the Moon occult Venus in the daytime sky. All you need are binoculars. The post See Venus Disappear in B...
Source: Sky & Telescope
Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for 15, 2026
This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.
Source: Space.com
Experience the Launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
Are you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal distant worlds, dark energy, and the structure of the ...
Source: NASA
The Galaxy's Spin Is Hiding in the Hum of Gravitational Waves
We are used to thinking of gravitational waves as messengers from catastrophes in space, the ringing of spacetime after black holes collide for exampl...
Source: Universe Today
The Little Red Dots That Turned Out to Be Black Holes in Disguise
For three years they've been one of the strangest puzzles in astronomy. Tiny, mysterious red dots scattered across the early universe, so abundan...
Source: Universe Today
FAST Finds a Pulsar in an Almost Flawless Circular Orbit
Somewhere in the plane of the Milky Way, a dead star is spinning 220 times a second, and it's circling its companion in almost the most perfect o...
Source: Universe Today
'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes
"We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation."
Source: Space.com