Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began

by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Figure…

What happens if you put a black hole into the sun?

Artist’s impression of putting a small black hole at the center of the sun in a…

Pancake stack of radioactivity-sensitive films captures most accurate picture of star’s gamma ray beam

The balloon carrying the gondola with the telescope takes off from Alice Springs, Australia. Credit: GRAINE…

Image: Pinhole propulsion for satellites

Credit: IENAI Space A palm-sized propulsion option for future space missions: Each one of these seven…

Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk

Illustration of a galaxy disk being disturbed. Credit: Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn and Thorsten Tepper-Garcia/University of Sydney. A…

Research team models different signatures of a kilonova explosion simultaneously for the first time

Numerical simulation of the resulting ejecta material of two merging neutron stars. Red colors refer to…

Analysis finds that organic compounds in asteroids likely formed in colder regions of space

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Analysis of organic compounds—called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)—extracted from the Ryugu asteroid…

Webb spots a second lensed supernova in a distant galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a multiply imaged supernova in a distant galaxy designated…

Young open cluster Messier 39 investigated in detail

Gaia color-magnitude diagram of M 39 displaying the members identified in the study. The color indicates…

New 1.5-billion-pixel image shows Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail

The Running Chicken Nebula comprises several clouds, all of which we can see in this vast…