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Northumbria University scientists using the sensitive instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected several mysterious structures orbiting at different altitudes above Saturn that they cannot explain. A statement announcing the unexpected discoveries said the unexplained features, which included “a series of dark, bead-like features embedded in bright auroral halos” in the ionosphere and an “asymmetric star-shaped …

Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto-like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque snack. According to NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a “burned-out star” snacking on a “fragment of a Pluto-like object” that’s not too far from Earth — only about 260 light-years away, which is very close …

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered strange “dark beads “above a four-armed star pattern in Saturn’s atmosphere. The surprising structures are unlike anything scientists have seen before, and they’re not sure what they are. The unusual features were discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope‘s (JWST’s) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) as it peered into the gas giant’s atmosphere above …

An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake. Sharp emission peaks near 3.3 microns reveal methane in the gas phase above Makemake’s surface. A continuum model (cyan) is overlaid for comparison; the gas emission peaks are identified where the observed spectrum rises above the continuum. An artistic rendering of Makemake’s …

A giant radio telescope in Crimea used in the past to support missions to Mars and Venus and attempt to contact alien civilizations has been destroyed in a drone attack. Ukrainian defense forces took down the 230-foot (70 meters) antenna dish to prevent Russian forces from using it to guide attacks on its territory. The RT-70 radio telescope has been …

Observing and doing astrophotography with a telescope, is an acquired skill that undoubtedly rewards the amateur astronomer, but not everyone has the time, patience or long spells of clear skies to get to sufficiently learn these skills. Smart telescopes take away that learning curve, and replace it with computer-aided, remote-controlled technology that will have you taking fabulous images of star …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) An illustration of a theorized “black hole star” (Inset) the JWST. | Credit: T. Müller/A. de Graaff/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy New research suggests that “little red dots” seen in the early universe may actually be a new class of cosmic object: …

New research using the powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light-years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the “habitable zone”, the region around a star where temperatures make it possible for liquid water to exist on the surface of a rocky world. This is important because water is a key ingredient that supports the …

New research suggests that “little red dots” seen in the early universe may actually be a new class of cosmic object: black hole stars. If this theory is correct, it could explain how black holes managed to grow to supermassive sizes before the universe was even 1 billion years old. Little red dots are one of the most curious celestial …

In 2025, First Light Optics announced a new addition to its in-house brand of telescopes, the StellaMira range. The StellaMira 86mm ED f/7 quadruplet refractor refractor is the first four-element telescope in the collection, with two extra-low-dispersion (ED) elements and a built-in flattener that promises a perfectly flat field of view, from corner to corner. Credit: bjdlzx / Getty It …