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Astronomers Discover ‘Cosmic Grapes’ Galaxy from the Early Universe

Astronomers Discover ‘Cosmic Grapes’ Galaxy from the Early Universe

A recent breakthrough in astronomical research, published in Nature Astronomy, has provided a detailed glimpse into the internal structure of an ancient galaxy, thanks to one of the strongest gravitational lensing events ever observed. The study, led by Seiji Fujimoto, reveals how natural magnification through gravitational lensing allows scientists to study distant galaxies with unprecedented clarity. The research, which combines …

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James Webb Telescope Shocks Astronomers As “Galaxies Sleep In Wrong Era” With Discovery Of Rare ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Systems From Universe’s Youth

James Webb Telescope Shocks Astronomers As “Galaxies Sleep In Wrong Era” With Discovery Of Rare ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Systems From Universe’s Youth

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 The James Webb Space Telescope discovers over a dozen dormant galaxies in the early universe. 🌀 Supermassive black holes and neighboring galaxies likely halt star formation by depleting or heating cold gas. 🌟 The stop-and-go pattern of star formation is supported by the discovery of 14 galaxies with varying masses. 🔍 Future JWST programs aim to …

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Astronomers Uncover Strange ‘Ice Cube’ Clouds at Milky Way’s Center

Astronomers Uncover Strange ‘Ice Cube’ Clouds at Milky Way’s Center

A recent discovery sheds light on a bizarre phenomenon at the center of our Milky Way: the detection of cold hydrogen clouds embedded within the superheated Fermi bubbles, vast structures of gas and cosmic rays that have been towering over the galactic center for millions of years. The unexpected nature of these clouds suggests a much more recent and violent …

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Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light into a Giant Einstein Ring’

Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light into a Giant Einstein Ring’

The Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens: The newly discovered ultramassive blackhole lies at the centre of the orange galaxy. Far behind it is a blue galaxy that is being warped into the horseshoe shaped ring by distortions in spacetime created by the immense mass of the foreground orange galaxy. Credit: NASA/ESA It may be the most massive black hole ever found. …

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Astronomers find bizarre ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy in the early universe. Here’s why that’s a big deal (photo)

Astronomers find bizarre ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy in the early universe. Here’s why that’s a big deal (photo)

A distant galaxy appears to have more than a dozen tightly packed star-forming clumps arranged like a bunch of grapes — far more than astronomers thought possible in a galaxy from the early universe. The galaxy, nicknamed “Cosmic Grapes,” is believed to have formed just 930 million years after the Big Bang. A new study has revealed that the galaxy …

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Giant planet found orbiting tiny star ‘should not exist’, astronomers say |

Giant planet found orbiting tiny star ‘should not exist’, astronomers say |

Astronomers have discovered a giant planet named TOI-6894b orbiting a very small red dwarf star that has only one-fifth the mass of the Sun. Despite the star’s small size and low brightness, TOI-6894b is larger than Saturn but has only half its mass. This surprising discovery challenges previous ideas that such tiny stars cannot form or hold large gas planets. …

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Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the rest of the universe. An estimate from 2023 …

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"36-Billion-Sun Black Hole Found Sleeping": Astronomers Spot Hidden Giant in Orange Galaxy Using Precision Gravitational Lensing – Rude Baguette

"36-Billion-Sun Black Hole Found Sleeping": Astronomers Spot Hidden Giant in Orange Galaxy Using Precision Gravitational Lensing – Rude Baguette

“36-Billion-Sun Black Hole Found Sleeping”: Astronomers Spot Hidden Giant in Orange Galaxy Using Precision Gravitational Lensing  Rude Baguette ‘Most massive black hole ever discovered’ is detected  The Royal Astronomical Society The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns  Space A 36 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Detected Thanks To Gravitational Lensing  Universe Today We’ve discovered the most …

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