Why The Thirty Meter Telescope Is So Controversial
For almost a decade, scientists and protestors have argued over building a vast new telescope in Hawaii. Now, a breakthrough decision could change everything. For al.....»»
Chinese astronomers find radio pulsar in a supernova remnant
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from the Nanjing University in China and elsewhere, have detected a radio pulsar in a supernova remnant known as CTB 87. The finding is reported in a paper published.....»»
JWST data suggest exoplanet K2-18b may have molten surface rather than a watery ocean
A multi-institutional team of astronomers, Earth scientists and planetary physicists has found evidence, via data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), that some hycean exoplanets may have molten surfaces rather than watery oceans. In their stu.....»»
Results from South Pole Telescope"s new camera emerge
For more than five years, scientists at the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica have been observing the sky with an upgraded camera. The extended gaze toward the cosmos is picking up remnant light from the universe's early formation. Now researchers h.....»»
EU developers can begin testing app marketplaces and apps that won"t be distributed in the App Store
Apple's controversial plans for complying with the EU's Digital Markets Act are being implemented, and now developers can submit alternative app stores and external apps via App Store Connect.The EU DMA forces Apple to allow alternative app storesApp.....»»
Daily Telescope: A bright nebula in a one-horned constellation
The nebula can be found in the constellation Monoceros. Enlarge / NGC 2170. (credit: Mel Martin) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too mu.....»»
NASA"s Roman telescope to use rare events to calculate expansion rate of universe
Astronomers investigating one of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos—the rate at which the universe is expanding—are readying themselves to study this puzzle in a new way using NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Once it launches by M.....»»
A long, long time ago in a galaxy not so far away: Research unearths clues to conditions of the early universe
Employing massive data sets collected through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astronomer is unearthing clues to conditions existing in the early universe......»»
New findings from JWST: How black holes switched from creating to quenching stars
Astronomers have long sought to understand the early universe, and thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a critical piece of the puzzle has emerged. The telescope's infrared detecting "eyes" have spotted an array of small, red dots, identi.....»»
Daily Telescope: A stunning new image of Io reveals a volcanic plume
Juno continues to deliver in the Jovian system. Enlarge / Behold: Io (credit: Björn Jónsson) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much.....»»
The 5 best telescopes for viewing planets and galaxies in 2024
Of all the objects that you can view through a telescope, some of the most stunning to behold are the planets in our solar system, and the galaxies that lie far beyond it. But if you want to see more distant and fainter objects, you’ll need a d.....»»
Space junk is going to be a problem for Vera Rubin
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is different to other large telescopes, and that difference makes it more vulnerable to space junk. Other telescopes, like the Giant Magellan Telescope and the European Extremely Large Telescope, focus on distant obje.....»»
Team of astronomers discovers galaxy that shouldn"t exist
A team of astronomers, led by Arizona State University Assistant Research Scientist Tim Carleton, has discovered a dwarf galaxy that appeared in James Webb Space Telescope imaging that wasn't the primary observation target......»»
Daily Telescope: A Wolf-Rayet star puts on a howling light show
I'd like to see it go boom. Enlarge / The Crescent Nebula. (credit: 1Zach1) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and n.....»»
Hubble captures a suspected galaxy encounter
UGC 3912 is classified as a spiral galaxy, but you wouldn't know it from this detailed NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. UGC 3912's distorted shape is typically indicative of a gravitational encounter with another galaxy. When galaxies interact—ei.....»»
Can a lower price and the Grammys save one of 2023’s most controversial products?
Dyson drops the price of its air-purifying headphones and seizes a tie-in with the Grammys. Is it enough to make these odd cans cool?.....»»
First eROSITA sky-survey data release makes public the largest ever catalog of high-energy cosmic sources
The German eROSITA consortium has released the data for its share of the first all-sky survey by the soft X-ray imaging telescope flying aboard the Spectrum-RG (SRG) satellite. With about 900,000 distinct sources, the first eROSITA All-Sky Survey (eR.....»»
Hubble observes galaxy NGC 5427
The galaxy NGC 5427 shines in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. It's part of the galaxy pair Arp 271, and its companion NGC 5426 is located below this galaxy and outside of this image's frame. However, the effects of the pair's gravitationa.....»»
Astronomers in Chile to scour universe with car-sized mega camera
Surrounded by the desert mountains and clear blue sky of northern Chile, astronomers from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory hope to revolutionize the study of the universe by affixing the world's largest-ever digital camera to a telescope......»»
Daily Telescope: Webb telescope reveals breathtaking structure of galaxies
"These holes may have been created by one or more stars that exploded." Enlarge / Nineteen galaxies observed head-on by the James Webb Space Telescope. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, et. al.) Welcome to the Daily Te.....»»
The XPS 16 is facing an uphill battle against the MacBook Pro
The Dell XPS 16 looks like it will be an excellent laptop, albeit with some controversial design elements. But the Apple MacBook Pro 16 is a formidable laptop......»»