Astronomers have, for the first time, captured what they believe are the very first moments of rocky planet formation around a newborn star. Using advanced observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in Chile, researchers spotted the earliest known traces of planet-building materials around the infant star HOPS-315. A Star Like Our Sun? The …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A simulated view from the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. | Credit: NASA New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter’s moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy …
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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter’s moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon’s interior. For decades, scientists pictured Europa’s frozen surface as a still, silent shell. But the new observations reveal that it’s actually a dynamic world that’s far from frozen in time. “We think that …
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It’s little wonder that astronomers are excited for the launch of NASA’s next big space telescope project, the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. Recent research has suggested that Roman, currently set to launch no later than May 2027, will discover as many as 100,000 powerful cosmic explosions as it conducts the High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey observation program. These powerful and violent events …
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6 secrets about the first planet found by telescope that scientists still don’t understand. WION Source link
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Astronomers have discovered over a dozen “dormant” galaxies that paused their star formation within the first billion years after the Big Bang. The discovery, made with data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), illuminates a fascinating phase in the lives of early galaxies and could provide more clues about how galaxies evolve. There are several reasons why galaxies may …
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The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, demonstrating its capabilities just two months after beginning trial operations. Built in Chile over nearly three decades at a cost of more than one billion dollars, the American observatory’s debut images showcase its exceptional imaging power. The telescope features an exceptionally wide field of view — 3.5 degrees by …
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The newly discovered “interstellar visitor” 3I/ATLAS can be seen shining like a rainbow-colored string of cosmic pearls in a trippy new timelapse image captured by a telescope in Hawaii. The interloper was discovered on July 1, and within 24 hours NASA confirmed it was an interstellar object — an ejected piece of an alien star system that is shooting through …
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Astronomers unveiled a striking new view of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on its journey toward the inner solar system. The Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i captured the newfound comet passing through our cosmic neighborhood, about 290 million miles (465 million kilometers) from Earth. 3I/ATLAS was initially detected by ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) on July 1. It’s just the …
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A recent unexpected frost graced high-altitude peaks in Chile, dusting the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope with a delicate layer of snow. What is it? The 13.4 foot (4.1 meter) telescope has been a major hub for researchers in the Southern Hemisphere using optical and near-infrared astronomy to study the stars. According to NOIRLab, the telescope was initiated in 1987 …
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