1+ week, 2+ day ago   (325+ words) An international team using the JWST has found photographic evidence that brings astronomers closer to solving a long-standing mystery about black holes....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (374+ words) JWST observations of dozens of young, Sun-like stars suggest that the forces stripping gas from planet-forming disks evolve as the systems mature....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (642+ words) A suitcase-sized satellite could use the Moon’s far side to search for the first direct signal from the universe before stars existed. A satellite no bigger than a small carry-on suitcase could help investigate a period of cosmic history that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (26+ words) Three supermassive black holes in a distant and therefore very old galaxy offer a glimpse into how black holes merged and grew in the early universe....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (883+ words) New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope deepen the mystery of a young but unexpectedly mature galaxy cluster in the early universe that challenges leading ideas about cosmic evolution. The findings, based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (34+ words) New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that IRS 3, a star near the center of the Milky Way, is losing vast amounts of mass, causing its surrounding envelope to expand continuously....