1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (635+ words) A new AI-powered reconstruction method has transformed radio observations into a continuous video, revealing unexpected motion inside a distant black hole jet. For decades, astronomers have relied on Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to study the enormous jets launched by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (795+ words) NASA's latest rotor tests show how supersonic blade tips could give future Mars helicopters the lift needed to carry more ambitious scientific payloads....

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (312+ words) Astronomers may have identified the strongest candidate yet for a galaxy made almost entirely of gas with no stars. Team leader Ignacio Trujillo of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias in Spain described the significance of the observation to Space....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (618+ words) Using a next-generation telescope, astronomers investigated two distant sources that had puzzled researchers and found evidence pointing to a much more complex story. The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that two mysterious objects from the early universe were not…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) A former Oklahoma shopping landmark that opened in 1978 is now entering its final demolition phase. Comet 220P/McNaught unexpectedly brightened during its latest trip around the Sun, giving observers a rare opportunity to see the normally faint object. Two powerful outbursts…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (654+ words) Astronomers have identified the violent merger that launched a supermassive black hole out of its galaxy and into intergalactic space. In 2022, astronomers detected an unusual structure extending from a distant galaxy located about 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. The feature appeared…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (675+ words) A supermassive black hole in the Perseus Cluster revealed a rare link between X-ray activity and delayed radio jets. A supermassive black hole in the galaxy NGC 1275 erupted in X-rays before triggering a radio flare nearly 300 days later, revealing a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (245+ words) A remarkable solar image captures towering plasma loops glowing along the edge of the Sun. “To see one AND catch it right on the limb AND have it happen on a clear day when I’m home and able to catch…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (355+ words) A tiny, chaotic galaxy has given astronomers something they had been searching for but had never confirmed in this type of system. Astronomers have discovered two supermassive black holes feeding at the same time inside the compact galaxy J1622+3521. Separated by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (507+ words) NASA’s latest rocket mission reveals the hidden complexity of atmospheric clouds that can disrupt radio signals and GPS accuracy. NASA has captured the first multi-point view inside sporadic E layers, revealing that these mysterious ionospheric clouds have complex structures that…...