A river of hydrogen gas is flowing outward from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two dwarf galaxies located in the outskirts of the Milky Way. Astronomers have been confounded by the contents of this river, referred to as the Magellanic Stream, for many years. However, a team of researchers has, for the first time, …
An illuminated sphere appears to fly across space, its surface emanating wide rings while being followed by an orange-yellow tail of smooth gas. New studies have found that various types of neutron stars, formed from dying massive stars, exhibit similar behaviors. This may not seem like much, but from a bigger perspective, it furthers the …
Some of the most intense star formation areas are located in the smallest galaxies, and research suggests that this is due to stars nearing the end of their lives in these so-called dwarf galaxies being more likely to collapse into black holes rather than exploding as supernovas. Dwarf galaxies have a significant time delay of …
The James Webb Space Telescope recently unveiled an extraordinary image of the dense center of the Milky Way. It’s an incredibly chaotic sector of the universe, as described by NASA this Monday. The image spotlights Sagittarius C, a region about 300 light years away from the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A, located at the Milky …
The most recent image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unparalleled detail, exposing never-before-seen features that astronomers have yet to understand. The featured star-forming region, Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is located approximately 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. …
Human Interest By Brooke Kato Published Nov. 4, 2023, 4:58 p.m. ET A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope unveils the mesmerizing formation of a protostar, shedding light on the birth of stars. Located approximately 1,300 light-years away from Earth, the protostar known as HH 212 was initially detected in 1993 near the …
Weird But True: Kilonova Poses a Threat to Earth By Brooke Kato Published Nov. 2, 2023, 2:35 p.m. ET Move over supernovas, there’s a new threat in town called kilonova. Scientists have discovered that these violent star collisions have the potential to devastate our planet by unleashing a deadly spew of radiation, including gamma rays, …
A new image from the Webb telescope reveals a protostar forming in the cosmos. Instead of a shining diamond, it appears as a dark sphere surrounded by radiant jets of dust. NASA / ESA / CSA September 15, 2023, 2:55 PM ET Stars appear as tiny points of light in the vast darkness of space …
Israeli researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our understanding of the universe. A sweltering brown dwarf, known as WD 0032–317B, has been found to have temperatures hotter than our own sun. It was first observed in 2019 by the team from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and they confirmed its existence in 2020 …