When two galaxies collide, it creates a burst of energy that kills off star formation –…
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Hubble and JWST both saw the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid mission
After NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the Hubble Space Telescope and the James…
The cosmos doesn't work to my research schedule – but that's OK
I work on the dark matter problem knowing the questions I have may be answered long…
Light from a quasar shows hints of one of the universe’s first stars
Astronomers examining a quasar may have found remnants of the explosion of one of the first…
JWST has taken a picture of the gaseous ‘skeleton’ of a spiral galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy IC 5332, peering through…
Earth’s surface may be teeming with trillions of dark matter particles
When dark matter is captured inside a planet or star, much of it sinks to the…
First images show aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid collision mission
As NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into an asteroid, a small satellite called LICIACube watched from afar…
NASA's DART mission successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft beamed back its final moments before colliding with the asteroid…
How NASA's DART spacecraft will divert asteroids
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will smash into an asteroid in the first ever…
Deadly stellar radiation blasts 'habitable' exoplanets every few days
Planets orbiting M-class red dwarf stars have been suggested as some of the most promising places…