And maybe it will be forever Comet Pons-Brooks (12P/Pons-Brooks), a short-period comet in the Halley system, is moving toward its closest approach to Earth during…
Dark energy camera captures spiral galaxy with stunning design
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) Astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile have released new images…
Dwarf galaxies deviate from standard cosmological models
It turns out that the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies have fairly short lives. This contradicts the standard cosmological model, in which dark matter provides large…
A magnified view reveals secrets of the galaxy beyond the Milky Way’s “avoidance zone.”
Ultra-powerful VISTA telescope reveals regions of the universe long hidden from astronomers Our knowledge of the universe is limited by the fact that we live…
Astronomers have studied the new star AT 2023prq
Astronomers from Liverpool John Moores University have carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of the recently discovered nova AT 2023prq. The results of this campaign,…
A powerful beam of light bearing the name of “God” “sent a signal” from space
Scientists at the Telescope Array have discovered the second largest cosmic ray in history. Scientists from the Telescope Array project have discovered powerful cosmic rays…
‘James Webb’ discovers too much metal in very old galaxies – refutes theories about the evolution of the universe
Detailed analysis of light from galaxies that existed early in the formation of the universe has revealed the highest levels of metals at that time.…
Between giants and dwarfs: Why don’t astronomers find medium-sized exoplanets?
Scientists have determined where the gap in statistics for Earth-like bodies is coming from. Outside our solar system, there are distant planets, also called exoplanets.…
James Webb discovers the largest galaxy cluster embryo in the early universe
There is nothing larger than a galaxy cluster in the known universe, but how galaxy clusters form remains largely a mystery to scientists. The surest…
Why did spiral galaxies disappear from the supergalactic plane?
An international research team led by Durham University (UK) and Helsinki University (Finland) has discovered the answer to why spiral galaxies like the Milky Way…