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Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident
FOR a $10 billion instrument, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spends a lot of its time staring at nothing. The shots of deep space this produces are remarkably beautiful, transforming an apparently empty sky…
Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) has identified a variety of complex organic molecules that are present in interstellar ices surrounding two protostars. These molecules, which are key ingredients for…
Bizarre galaxy in the early universe died extremely young
The James Webb Space Telescope can capture detailed images of distant galaxiesJADES Collaboration
A strange galaxy in the early universe lived fast and died young. It is the most distant “dead” galaxy, meaning it is…
How one theory ties together everything we know about the universe
You can sip your coffee thanks to the fundamental forces of natureVladimir Arndt / Alamy
The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or…
What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? New Webb data just brought us closer…
Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ivo Labbe (Swinburne) / Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh) / Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
About 400,000 years…
Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe
Artist’s impression of the quasar that astronomers used to search for early galaxiesESO/M. Kornmesser
One of the largest quasars in the early universe has helped to reveal a vast “protocluster” of nascent galaxies…
Webb Finds Evidence for Neutron Star at Heart of Young Supernova Remnant – NASA Science
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star.Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, C. Fransson (Stockholm University), M. Matsuura (Cardiff University), M. J. Barlow (University College…
Is the human brain really the most complex object in the universe?
The Crescent Nebula: more complex than the human brain?Reinhold Wittich/Stocktrek Images/Alamy
BACK in 2012, neuroscientist Christof Koch wrote in his book Consciousness: Confessions of a romantic reductionist that…
Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe
Artist’s impression of the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351ESO/M. Kornmesser
A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun has taken the title of the brightest known object in the universe. It appears to be…
Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe
Artist’s impression of the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351ESO/M. Kornmesser
A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun has taken the title of the brightest known object in the universe. It appears to be…
Multi-Messenger Coordination for Windows on the Universe
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In a new era of astronomy, we’re feeling for vibrations in space-time
For most of humanity’s existence, we have observed the universe using light, but these days photons aren’t the only game in town, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Epic Games and Disney partner up on a Fortnite ‘entertainment universe’ | TechCrunch
Lego Fortnite is only two months old, but Epic Games is already out with an even bigger collaboration.
Epic and Disney announced today that the companies will partner on an “all-new games and entertainment universe” that will bring…
What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life
Could a nearby super Earth host life?Steven Hobbs/Stocktrek Images/Alamy
To prepare for one of the most advanced searches for life on other planets, astronomers have examined the stars that a new multibillion-dollar…
What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for life
Could a nearby super Earth host life?Steven Hobbs/Stocktrek Images/Alamy
To prepare for one of the most advanced searches for life on other planets, astronomers have examined the stars that a new multibillion-dollar…
Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early universe
Merging galaxies from the early universe imaged by the James Webb Space TelescopeS. Martin-Alvarez
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed dim galaxies smashing together, which could…
The dynamic universe: realizing the potential of classical time domain and multimessenger…
1 Introduction1.1 Time-domain astronomyTime-Domain Astronomy (TDA) is not a novel concept. Astronomers have been making observations as a function of time for over a century. Even before that time, scientists such as Galileo Galilei…
Microwave Detectors and Multiplexing: NIST Researchers Help Astronomers Examine the Early Universe
Image of a single microwave SQUID multiplexer chip, which measure 4 millimeters by 20 millimeters and contains 65 SQUID readout channels.…
Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe
An artist’s impression (not to scale) of the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610AM. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory
An unexplained flash of radio waves that hit Earth in 2022 came from a small group of…
NASA/JAXA XRISM Mission Reveals Its First Look at X-ray Cosmos – NASA Science
Supernova remnant N132D lies in the central portion of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years away. XRISM’s Xtend captured the remnant in X-rays, displayed in the inset. At its widest, N132D is about 75…
What the mathematics of knots reveals about the shape of the universe
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The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas…
NASA’s Curious Universe Podcast: A Year in Mars Dune Alpha
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To prepare for the day when humans travel to Mars, NASA is conducting a one-year experiment in a Mars simulation environment. So what’s it like to spend a year in CHAPEA, the Crew Health and Performance Exploration…
Trends on Tuesday: Are Mobile Devices The “Center” of Social Universe?
Mobile devices are moving closer to the center of the social universe, according to this Sproutsocial article.
Platforms like Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter are overwhelmingly used on the go. Comscore predicts that there will be…
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe Season Two – NASA – Inergency
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Go asteroid hunting, explore faraway galaxies, and watch a black hole as it begins…
Introducing Season Three of Curious Universe – NASA – Inergency
NASA’s Curious Universe
Episode 0: “Introducing Season Three”
Release Date: Wednesday, July 7
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new…
Curious Universe: Let’s Go Planet-Hunting! – NASA – Inergency – Inergency
NASA’s Curious Universe
Episode 1: “Let’s Go Planet-Hunting!”
Release Date: Monday, July 12
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers on a new…
Curious Universe: Earth’s Expanding Oceans – NASA – Inergency
NASA’s Curious Universe
Season 3, Episode 3: “Earth’s Expanding Oceans”
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all…
Curious Universe: Building Highways in the Sky – NASA – Inergency
NASA’s Curious Universe
Season 3, Episode 4: “Building Highways in the Sky”
Tentative Release Date: Monday, August 2
Estimated Run Time: 19:09
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA…
Curious Universe: Introducing the Webb Space Telescope Mini-Series – NASA – Inergency
Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe
Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Go asteroid hunting, explore faraway…
Hubble Captures a Galactic Dance – NASA Science
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Hubble Captures a Galactic Dance
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures the dance of interacting galaxies in Arp-Madore 2339-661 (NGC 7733, NGC 7734).
ESA/Hubble and NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy…
A blast of radio waves hit Earth after travelling for 8 billion years
Artist’s impression of the path the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A took between the galaxy where it originated (top left) and Earth, in one of the Milky Way’s spiral armsESO/M. Kornmesser
Astronomers have spotted the…
How the balloon analogy for an expanding universe is almost perfect
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MOST people have probably heard that the universe is expanding. Certainly New Scientist readers have, because I keep writing about it in this column. It is perhaps easy to accept the…
Hubble Examines Entrancing Galaxy in Eridanus – NASA Science
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Hubble Examines Entrancing Galaxy in Eridanus
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s view of NGC 685 in the constellation Eridanus, the River.
NASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys…
JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born after the big bang
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of actively forming stars like this pair, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, as well as seeing stars from near the cosmic dawnSTScI Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA/STScI
We…
How the end of the universe was completely rewritten
How will the universe end?NASA/ESA/Hubble
The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or two to tell you about fascinating ideas from their…