JWST"s Newfound Galaxies Are the Oldest Ever Seen
We now know that the first galaxies in our universe formed shockingly fast, thanks to the latest results from the James Webb Space Telescope.....»»
Astro Bot will reference one of PlayStation’s oldest memes
An interview with the makers of the upcoming Astro Bot sneaks in a reference that'll give PlayStation fans from 2006 a ton of nostalgia......»»
Astronomers help find most distant galaxy using James Webb Space Telescope
An international team of astronomers today announced the discovery of the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang. These results, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), mark.....»»
Universe’s oldest known stars found in Milky Way’s ‘halo’
Universe’s oldest known stars found in Milky Way’s ‘halo’.....»»
Euclid space telescope unveils new images of the cosmos
A mind-boggling number of shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way: new images were revealed from Europe's Euclid space telescope on Thursday......»»
Euclid space telescope captures stunning images of far-off galaxies
New images from the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope show a range of cosmic objects, from bustling stellar nurseries to enormous galaxy clusters......»»
Birth of universe"s earliest galaxies observed for first time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, University of Copenhagen researchers have become the first to see the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational discovery contributes important k.....»»
New discoveries about the nature of light could improve methods for heating fusion plasma
Both literally and figuratively, light pervades the world. It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium. Light can also help heat the plas.....»»
Atari ends one of the oldest console wars by acquiring Intellivision
Atari announced on Thursday that it had acquired the rights to games and branding from its old rival, Intellivsion......»»
T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans
T-Mobile raises rates $2 or $5 per line on "some of our oldest rate plans." Enlarge / A T-Mobile logo at a store in New York on April 30, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) T-Mobile today is notifying customers on.....»»
Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time
Webb wows us again. Enlarge / Scientists have determined the system to be evidence of an ongoing merger of two galaxies and their massive black holes when the Universe was only 740 million years old. (credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA.....»»
Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday, including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States' first Black astronaut decades ago......»»
Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date
An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing merger of two galaxies and their massive black holes when the universe was only 740 million years old. This marks the most dist.....»»
Does the Milky Way have too many satellite galaxies?
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are well-known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, but there are more. It is surrounded by at least 61 within 1.4 million light years (for context the Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light years away) but there.....»»
Raspberry in the sky: Astronomers discover a new supernova remnant candidate
Astronomers from the Western Sydney University in Australia and elsewhere report the detection of a new supernova remnant (SNR) candidate. The newfound SNR candidate, dubbed "Raspberry" due to its morphology, was identified in the near side of the Mi.....»»
Monster galactic outflow powered by exploding stars
Star death and birth both contribute to driving material out of a galaxy. Enlarge / All galaxies have large amounts of gas that influence their star-formation rates. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and J. Lee (NOIRLab)) Galaxie.....»»
Is it a bird or a dinosaur? Fossils from Teylers Museum in Netherlands secretly visit UK"s synchrotron
The feathered limbs, sharp teeth and claws of the oldest known bird-like dinosaurs, the Archaeopteryx have fascinated naturalists and paleontologists including Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin who propelled the species to fame especially following pu.....»»
Advanced experimental setup expands the hunt for hidden dark matter particles
Scientific evidence for dark matter comes from observing how it influences the motion of stars and galaxies. Scientists believe that dark matter may consist of particles. To search for these particles and their billiard ball-like collisions, research.....»»
A triumph of galaxies in three new images from the VLT Survey Telescope
Distant galaxies, interacting galaxies, whose shape has been forged by the mutual gravitational influence, but also galaxies forming groups and clusters, kept together by gravity—they are the protagonists of three new images released by the VLT Sur.....»»
Ecobee is shutting down some of its very first products
Even after a commendable 16-year runtime, the company is offering discounts. Enlarge / The first Ecobee Thermostat, may it rest in peace. (credit: Ecobee) Ecobee is killing off some of its oldest thermostats. The "Ecobee.....»»
Astronomers inspect population of young stellar objects in open cluster NGC 346
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has explored young stellar objects (YSOs) in an open cluster known as NGC 346. The study, published April 24 on the preprint server arXiv, yields crucial information ab.....»»