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A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) findings offer new insight into how galaxies “breathe,” grow and recycle the raw materials that fuel future generations of …

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A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly discovered trans-Neptunian object 2017 OF201. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; image of 2017 OF201: Sihao Cheng et al. A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints at more hidden bodies beyond Neptune. A …

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is the fact that it should be “forbidden” in the empty region of the Milky Way in which it was found. The system, given the name “Calvera” after the villain in the 1960 …

It’s human to feel alarmed by the sheer emptiness of space. Now, astronomers from the University of Portsmouth in the UK suggest this unsettling vastness may be worse than we thought. More mind-blowing space science Credit: solarseven / Getty Images They reckon Earth, our entire Solar System and even our entire Milky Way sits inside a mysterious giant hole. This …

A research team have used both archival Hubble Space Telescope data and new observations to precisely measure the binary star systems NGC3603-A1. One star weighs about 93 times the mass of our Sun, while its companion tips the scales at roughly 70 solar masses. Together, they represent one of the most massive binary systems ever discovered in our Galaxy. What …

Our corner of the universe looks tidy at first glance. But pull back, and patterns begin to surface that stretch across billions of light-years. New mapping work hints that our own galaxy belongs to a much larger basin shaped by gravity, while a separate find reveals a vast, ring-like arrangement of distant galaxies. The work was led by …

There are more than 12,000 active satellites circling Earth at the moment, a growing figure that has nearly doubled in less than three years. This recent boom in the satellite industry has been a major headache for astronomers, with bright satellites appearing as streaks in telescope images of the universe and tarnishing views of the night skies. A new paper …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Astronomers have identified a potential candidate for the elusive Planet Nine beyond Neptune. 🛰️ The discovery was made using archival data from the IRAS and AKARI satellites. ❓ There is significant skepticism due to the candidate’s orbit not aligning with Planet Nine predictions. 🔍 The Vera C. Rubin Observatory could provide definitive evidence to confirm or …

Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth. The planet has been given the suitably cute name WISPIT 2b. WISPIT 2b is estimated to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter and around just 5 million years old. If this seems ancient, remember our solar system …