A distant quasar’s black hole is surprisingly large for its galaxy
The first glimpse of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars known has revealed an astronomical […]
Space
In an epic cosmological clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground
The biggest conundrum in cosmology may be closer to being solved, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists disagree
Scientists find long-sought electric field in Earth’s atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar
Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
The opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid that keeps pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called
The cataclysmic origin of most of Earth’s meteorites has been found
Most of Earth’s meteorites can be traced back to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and
JWST marks the first known “steam world”.
This exoplanet’s atmosphere is going full steam ahead. A planet beyond our solar system called GJ 9827d has an atmosphere