• Even Early Galaxies Grew Hand-in-Hand With Their Supermassive Black Holes

    Updated: 2024-01-31 17:46:22
    Almost every galaxy in the local Universe seems to contain a supermassive black hole. There's a direct relationship between the two. Astronomers have wondered if this relationship existed in the Universe's earliest times, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Researchers studied images from JWST and other telescopes to identify the earliest galaxies and their supermassive black holes. Does this relationship extend to the very beginning of the Universe? The post Even Early Galaxies Grew Hand-in-Hand With Their Supermassive Black Holes appeared first on Universe Today.

  • Webb Directly Images Two Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs

    Updated: 2024-01-31 00:06:06
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Artist's rendition of a white dwarf from the surface of an orbiting exoplanet . Astronomers have found two giant planet candidates orbiting two white dwarfs . More proof that giant planets can surve their stars' red giant phases . Image Credit : Madden Cornell University Posted on January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 by Evan Gough Webb Directly Images Two Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs In several billion years , our Sun will become a white dwarf . What will happen to Jupiter and Saturn when the Sun transitions to become a stellar remnant Life could go on , though the giant planets will likely drift further away from the Sun . Stars end their lives in different ways . Some meet

  • The Aftermath of a Recent Galactic Merger

    Updated: 2024-01-30 21:17:45
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in The Gemini South telescope view of NGC 4753, a peculiar galaxy thought to have experienced a galactic merger . Courtesy International Gemini Observatory NOIRLab NSF AURA Posted on January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 by Carolyn Collins Petersen The Aftermath of a Recent Galactic Merger NGC 4753 is a prime example of what happens after a galactic merger . It looks like a twisted mess , with dust lanes looping around the massive galactic nucleus . Astronomers long wondered what happened to this galaxy , and with a sharp new image created by the Gemini South telescope , they can finally explain its tortured . past Officially , NGC 4753 is classified as a peculiar” galaxy due to its

  • Feast Your Eyes on 19 Face-On Spiral Galaxies Seen by Webb

    Updated: 2024-01-30 21:05:52
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in These Webb images are part of a large , long-standing project , the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS PHANGS program , which is supported by more than 150 astronomers worldwide . Before Webb took these images , PHANGS was already brimming with data from NASA†s Hubble Space Telescope , the Very Large Telescope†s Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer , and the Atacama Large Millimeter submillimeter Array , including observations in ultraviolet , visible , and radio light . Webb†s near- and mid-infrared contributions have provided several new puzzle pieces . Image Credit : NASA ESA CSA Posted on January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 by Evan Gough Feast Your

  • NASA regains contact with its helicopter on Mars

    Updated: 2024-01-21 12:59:32
    Two days after losing contact with Ingenuity, its autonomous helicopter in Mars, NASA announced it has regained contact and is examining the source of the issue.

  • NASA finds Ingenuity after losing contact with the Mars helicopter

    Updated: 2024-01-20 20:03:24
    The helicopter had stopped communicating with the Perseverance rover during a test flight. Trouble for the overachieving rotorcraft threatened to cut short its otherworldly flight exploration.

  • SpaceX launches 4 people for a private mission to the International Space Station

    Updated: 2024-01-18 22:01:50
    The mission, Ax-3, is the third time Houston-based Axiom Space has sent paying passengers to the I.S.S. During 16 days of orbit, the all-European crew will conduct 30 experiments and public outreach.

  • The earliest detection of a black hole is made by the James Webb Telescope

    Updated: 2024-01-18 10:12:35
    The telescope has revealed the earliest known black hole to date, and it's millions of times larger than our sun.

  • The Oldest Black Hole Could Wreak Havoc on a Faraway Galaxy

    Updated: 2024-01-17 17:00:00
    Most black holes follow a similar pattern of development, but the oldest black hole ever observed shows how the space spectacles could mature in different ways.

  • James Webb Telescope detects earliest known black hole — it's really big for its age

    Updated: 2024-01-17 16:15:38
    Data from the James Webb Space Telescope indicate that a galaxy known as GN-z11 has a supermassive black hole at its center — one that's far more massive than astronomers expected.

  • NASA rover on Mars photographed something familiar to 'Star Trek' fans

    Updated: 2024-01-17 10:45:00
    The rover photographed a martian rock resembling the delta-shaped symbol worn by Starfleet officers on Star Trek. An amateur astronomer first noticed the rock in an image the space agency published.

  • 12 Science Events to Keep an Eye Out for in 2024

    Updated: 2024-01-15 19:15:00
    From the solar eclipse to the anniversary of the first dinosaur, the Megalosaurus, there is plenty to watch out for in science this year.

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