Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t …
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Death Spiral: New James Webb Space Telescope Images Show a Star’s Murder Scene
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe first images of a nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers remarkable insights into the …
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James Webb Space Telescope Produces Unparalleled View of the Ghostly Light in Galaxy Clusters
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA recent study, entirely done by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced the …
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Neutron stars are the densest objects in our universe, except for black holes. As their name suggests, neutron …
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing the universe with spectacular, unprecedented clarity. The observatory’s ultrasharp infrared …
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Space
How do Magnetic Fields Affect Star Formation and High-Energy-Density Lab Experiments?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebulae — a star nursery — are believed to result …
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Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks — rings of dust and gas that surround young, …
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The team, which includes astronomers at the University of Birmingham, detected the rocky planets orbiting LP 890-9, a …
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ALMA Witnesses Deadly Star-Slinging Tug-of-War Between Merging Galaxies
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhile observing a newly-dormant galaxy using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), scientists discovered …
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Astronomers frequently observe carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries. The compound is ultra-bright and extremely common in protoplanetary disks …