Webb confirms we’re looking at some of the Universe’s earliest galaxies
Spectroscopy confirms just how old these distant galaxies are. Enlarge / Galaxies that appear to be similar in age to the ones described here. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Tommaso Treu, Zolt G. Levay) One of the goals of the.....»»
New research reveals how galaxies avoid early death
Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a "heart and lungs" which effectively regulate their "breathing" and prevent them from growing out of control, a new study suggests......»»
Take a summer cosmic road trip through images from NASA"s Chandra, Webb
It's time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope......»»
Discovery Of Lagoon In Argentina That Could Provide "Earliest Signs Of Life" On Earth
Discovery Of Lagoon In Argentina That Could Provide "Earliest Signs Of Life" On Earth.....»»
Beryl sets off alarm bells among hurricane experts
This year, hurricane season has taken off with a ferocious, ominous start thanks to Beryl—the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded, with winds topping out at 165 mph. Beryl bulldozed the Caribbean, made its way through Mexico and then plowed.....»»
Why Hurricane Beryl Underwent Unprecedented Rapid Intensification
Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm in the Atlantic, exploded in strength unusually early in its development, fueled by exceptionally warm ocean waters.....»»
Light Is How Astronomers Read the Story of the Universe
Almost everything we know about the cosmos is conveyed by photons traveling across vast distances.....»»
Sam Rubin died from heart disease, medical examiner confirms
Sam Rubin died from heart disease, medical examiner confirms.....»»
James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our "best bet" at finding an alien ocean
James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our "best bet" at finding an alien ocean.....»»
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in the universe......»»
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa
A trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya helps explain the history of plant farming in equatorial eastern Africa, a region long thought to be important for early farming but where scant evidence from actual physical crops has been previous.....»»
We need to consider alternatives to dark matter that better explain cosmological observations
Do constants of nature—the numbers that determine how things behave, like the speed of light—change over time as the universe expands? Does light get a little tired traveling vast cosmic distances? It was believed that dark matter and dark energy.....»»
Nearby exoplanet has trace amounts of hydrogen sulfide, Webb data suggest
An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature—it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study of data from the James Webb Space Telescope......»»
Webb captures a staggering quasar-galaxy merger in the remote universe
An international research group led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and comprising 34 research institutes and universities worldwide utilized the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (.....»»
Webb admires bejeweled ring of the lensed quasar RX J1131-1231
This new picture of the month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the gravitational lensing of the quasar known as RX J1131-1231, located roughly six billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Crater......»»
Searching for dark matter with the coldest quantum detectors in the world
One of the greatest mysteries of science could be one step closer to being solved. Approximately 80% of the matter in the universe is dark, meaning that it cannot be seen. In fact, dark matter is passing through us constantly—possibly at a rate of.....»»
Report: Samsung"s Galaxy S25 series might ditch the Plus model
Online evidence confirms the Galaxy S25 and the S25 Ultra, but the Plus model is strangely missing for some reason......»»
Early Deadpool 3 screening confirms massive spoilers and cameos
We’re three weeks away from the premiere of Deadpool & Wolverine, a film that will likely break some records, at least for the Deadpool franchise. … The post Early Deadpool 3 screening confirms massive spoilers and cameos appeared first o.....»»
New leak confirms iPhone 16’s powerful new A18 chips
Apple made a big change to iPhone processors in 2022. This was the first year the non-Pro and Pro iPhones featured different chips. The iPhone … The post New leak confirms iPhone 16’s powerful new A18 chips appeared first on BGR......»»
The universe"s biggest explosions made elements we are composed of, but there"s another mystery source out there
After its "birth" in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between.....»»
Webb telescope finds most distant galaxy ever observed, again
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said Thursday......»»