Amaris McCarver, an intern in the Remote Sensing Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and a team of astronomers have discovered a rapidly spinning neutron star that is emitting beams of radiation like a lighthouse across the universe. The rapidly spinning neutron star, or “pulsar,” is located within the dense star cluster Glimpse-CO1,… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has zoomed into the heart of the Cigar Galaxy, a region of space engulfed in flames by an explosive period of star birth. At the core of this starburst galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), is a compact but turbulent environment that could give scientists a clearer picture… Read More »
The central part of star cluster IC 348 as seen by JWST.NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Luhman (Penn State University) and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA) NASA’s Webb telescope has detected what is likely the smallest brown dwarf ever observed. Brown dwarfs are some of the most unusual objects in the universe. They are not… Read More »