Astronomers

Saturn's moon Enceladus has caught the attention of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by releasing a massive cloud of water vapor. This plume is larger than any previously observed on the moon and may contain the necessary chemicals...

New research suggests that there may be places in the universe that could sustain life for billions of years. Astrophysicist Giulia Roccetti and her team reported at the PLANET-ESLAB 2023 Symposium that some moons orbiting rogue planets could remain warm...

Cornell University astronomers have made an incredible discovery in the first image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a blob of light near the edge of SPT0418-47, one of the brightest star-forming galaxies from the early universe. Gravitational...

Astronomers are scratching their heads as deep field images obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb or JWST) have revealed a perplexing discovery. According to a study published in the prestigious journal 'Nature' on February 22, 2023, galaxies with...

Jupiter rules the solar system with its impressive mass, size, and now its colossal family — boasting 92 moons. Scientists recently discovered another 12 of these celestial bodies (moons), giving this gaseous giant a total number of moons more than...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery of a new Earth-like planet named Wolf 1069 b. This planet is 31.2 light years away from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It orbits around a red dwarf star approximately one-fifth the size...

A radio signal has been picked up by astronomers from the most distant galaxy known to mankind with a unique wavelength known as the "21-centimeter line" or the "hydrogen line," emitted by neutral hydrogen atoms. The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope...

Future discoveries are often on the minds of astronomers. Researchers at this week's American Astronomical Society meeting filled a conference room to capacity to hear about plans for a successor to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that began operations...

More than 200 RR Lyrae stars—distant variable stars—have been found by astronomers in the Milky Way's stellar halo. Over a million light-years separate us from the furthest of these stars. This is roughly half the distance to our nearest...

Astronomers observed the most powerful explosion ever recorded in the universe, which gave birth to a black hole. They did so using the Gemini South telescope in Chile operated by NSF's NOIRLab. Dubbed Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A, this record-shattering the observed...