Nearly five years ago, a globe-spanning team of astronomers gave the world its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. Now the team has validated both their original findings and our…
Category: Astronomy
Study Delivers Detailed Photos of Galaxies’ Inner Structures
For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex dust patterns of nearby star-forming galaxies. A galaxy’s inner makeup…
Scientists Reveal New Images of a Black Hole – Proof of a Persistent Black Hole Shadow
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) researchers published the first image of a black hole and its shadow in 2019, showing a bright ring with a dark circular area in the…
Lightest Black Hole or Heaviest Neutron Star? Manchester Astronomers Uncover a Mysterious Object in Milky Way
An international astronomer team has found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and simultaneously lighter than the lightest…
The ‘Barbenheimer Star’ – Technology Org
Astronomy’s new blockbuster was announced in New Orleans during the 2024 American Astronomical Society meeting. Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) discovered evidence for what they call the…
Searching for Dark Matter in Gaps Between Stars
Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly. Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues. The…
Most Early Galaxies Looked Like Breadsticks Rather Than Pizza Pies or Dough Balls
Columbia researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like breadsticks—and are rarely round, like balls…
Our Surprising Magnetic Galaxy – Technology Org
Milky Way visible in the night sky – illustrative photo. Even though it is difficult to imagine a flat universe, this theory may be right. And, it has nothing to…
Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in ‘Our Solar Backyard’
A team of astronomers have discovered a planet closer and younger than any other Earth-sized world yet identified. It’s a remarkably hot world whose proximity to our own planet and…
Hydrogen Emissions Within the Orion Constellation
Last week, Columbia University released the first data set from a new, high-resolution astronomical survey of the night sky. Swirling hydrogen emissions and stars in an area of the night…
