JWST is rewriting the astronomy textbooks
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JWST rewrites astronomy textbooks
When the James Webb Space Telescope launched in late 2021, we expected stunning images and illuminating scientific results. So far, the powerful space telescope has lived up to our expectations.…
Sharper than ever – Io’s volcanic surfaces revealed by new telescope technology
Jupiter's moon Io imaged by SHARK-VIS on January 10, 2024. This is the highest-resolution image of Io ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope. The image combines three spectral bands—infrared, red,…
A new Earth-sized planet has been discovered orbiting a star that will live for 100 billion years
An international team has discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting a long-lived red dwarf, providing a unique insight into potentially habitable worlds. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers using global robotic telescopes have discovered an…
Webb discovers farthest known galaxy – ‘Most significant extragalactic discovery to date’
This infrared image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or…
Don’t Miss the Planetary Parade – Witness the alignment of six planets in a rare display
Stargazers can witness a rare alignment of six planets on June 3, best viewed before sunrise from dark, high places. (Artist's illustration of 6 planets in the sky.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comOn…
Witness the cosmic dawn: Webb captures the birth of the universe’s earliest galaxies for the first time
This illustration shows a galaxy forming just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when the gas was a mixture of transparent and opaque during the era of…
Vulcan Disappears: The real Star Trek planet turns out to be a stellar illusion
Artist's concept of a previously proposed possible planet, HD 26965 b - often compared to the fictional "Vulcan" in the Star Trek universe. Credit: JPL-CaltechNew research refutes the existence of…
How galaxies grew in the early universe
JWST recently captured three of the earliest galaxies in the universe being accreted by a giant dark cloud of hydrogen gas.The three dark patches of red light in a recent…
Disappearing without a trace: why stars mysteriously disappear from the night sky
Artist's impression of the binary system VTFS 243. Credit: ESOL. Calçada CC BY 4.0Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen are helping to explain a mysterious phenomenon in which stars suddenly…