A map of metal-poor red giant stars in the galactic center. (H.-W. Rix/MPIA) A group of astronomers has managed to identify the “poor old heart of…
The Webb Telescope manages to observe two of the oldest galaxies in the universe that we know
A fragment of a recent deep field image from the Webb Image: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Tommaso Treu (UCLA) IMAGE PROCESSING: Zolt G. Levay (STScI)…
Physicists discovered how to search for alien spacecraft in the universe
Most of the search methods for extraterrestrial civilizations are based on the detection of specific electromagnetic radiation. They are looking for characteristic changes in the…
The universe is not black enough as once thought, according to a new study
Is space really black? This question has been asked by a large number of scientists, with an answer that until now seemed obvious to the…
Two possibly habitable planets discovered orbiting a star close to the Sun
An international scientific team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in Spain, has discovered two Earth-mass planets in orbit around the star…
Never-before-seen galaxies glow in a new image by James Webb
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured never-before-seen galaxies that look like dazzling diamonds in the blackness of space. The image transports viewers 13.5…
James Webb detects spiral galaxies from the ‘cosmic noon’ period of the early universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping scientists unravel the mystery of spiral galaxies and has captured a detailed image of several belonging to…
Astronomers discover two planets that could be “worlds of water”
These are two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star in a planetary system 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. A team led by astronomers…
Let’s talk about TON 618, possibly the largest object in the entire known universe
The universe houses big, very big things. Really big. There are stars thousands of times larger than the Sun, capable of causing supernovae that shake…
James Webb Telescope breaks record for most distant galaxies ever found
Foto: NASA GSFC. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected the most distant galaxies ever confirmed, which formed some 325 million years after the…