Astronomers exploring the distant universe with NASA’s most powerful telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenge even the most talented creatures at mimicking—like the mimic octopus. This creature can imitate other marine animals to avoid predators. Need to be a flatfish? No problem. Need to be a sea… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Composite visible-light and X-ray image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2390, showing the large area of hot, X-ray emitting gas within the cluster. | Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA By combining a new image of a giant image galaxy cluster with… Read More »
Shortly after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began its scientific operations, astronomers announced that they had discovered galaxies in the early universe that were very large, bright, and full of stars for their age. While headlines around the world claimed that these galaxies “broke” our understanding of the Big Bang, the truth is much… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a huge impact on astronomy since it began sending data back to Earth in 2022, and one of its most revolutionary achievements has been the observation of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen. But because light doesn’t travel instantaneously — instead, it travels at about… Read More »
The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid space telescope on Thursday, May 23. And if the previous batch of photos is anything to go by, space fans should be in for an absolute treat. “Five new portraits of our universe were captured during Euclid’s first observations, each revealing surprising… Read More »
Thanks to observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), evidence that the first generation of stars exists in the universe has come to light. The evidence is found in one of the most distant galaxies known. designated galaxy GN-z11discovered by Hubble space telescope Before the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in… Read More »
For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from huge filaments that form a “cosmic web” that stretches across the universe and traps galaxies in a spider web like morning dew. Researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, indirectly observed dark matter sitting on cosmic web filaments using the Subaru Telescope, an… Read More »
Deep observations with the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that many small galaxies that existed early in the history of the universe were elongated in a surfboard-like shape, indicating the influence of the cosmic matter network and constant mergers with other small galaxies. New research using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found… Read More »
A treasure trove of molecules has emerged in two galaxies that we see as they existed 12 billion years ago, revealing information about how ancient universes formed stars. APM 08279+5255, one of the distant galaxies quasar – active supermassive black hole The other galaxy, NCv1.143, is a more “normal” galaxy, with large amounts of gas… Read More »