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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The ...
The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.
This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...
"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...
Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space.
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to revisit a misunderstood black hole thought to be gulping ...
The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...
In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...
The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...
The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...
"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...