A recently discovered supernova, whose star ejected as much material as the sun in the year before the explosion, challenges the standard theory of stellar…
US manned flight to Mars in 2039
This article is largely a summary of NASA’s MTAS (Mars Transportation Assessment Study, March 2023). Flight paths Currently, with existing jet propulsion technologies, the most…
Mysterious antimatter has been observed falling due to gravity for the first time
For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles – the mysterious twins of the visible matter around us – falling under the influence of…
New recipes for life could increase the potential for finding aliens
Scientists have scoured the universe’s pantry to write what has been described as a “cookbook” containing hundreds of chemical “recipes” capable of creating life. Life,…
James Webb discovered the first galaxies, and they’re not what we think.
The big galaxy in the foreground is named LEDA 2046648, and is seen just over a billion years back in time, while most of the…
First direct evidence that a giant black hole is spinning
A recent study led by Dr. CUI Yuzhu confirmed that a supermassive black hole is spinning at the center of the neighboring radio galaxy M87.…
Webb’s Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe
MACS0647: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dan Coe (STScI), Rebecca Larson (UT), Yu-Yang Hsiao (JHU); Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); The gravitational lensing of galaxy cluster MACS0647 – in which the giant foreground…
JWST detects a giant and compact resting galaxy
JWST color image of JWST-ER1. Credit: Van Dokkum et al., 2023. Astronomers have reported the discovery of a new galaxy using the James Webb Space…
Determine the radiation characteristics of space supercomputers
Scientists at the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds have suggested that extraterrestrial civilizations could use Dyson spheres – hypothetical space structures that harness the…
New insights into exoplanet atmospheres and stars. The first spectral analysis of the planet TRAPPIST-1 b has been obtained
Astronomers led by a team from the University of Montreal have made significant progress in understanding the fascinating exoplanet system TRAPPIST-1, first discovered in 2016…