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From black holes to galaxy clusters — the science of what exists beyond our solar system, sourced from the latest peer-reviewed research.
Astronomers have detected the first stellar-mass black hole within Omega Centauri, the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster, using more than two decades of archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope combined with near-infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.…
Astronomers have confirmed a new dwarf galaxy orbiting Andromeda (M31), built from as few as 46 detectable stars and estimated to be 12.5 billion years old. Designated Andromeda XXXVI, the object sits at a projected distance of roughly 119 kiloparsecs…
For decades, astronomers have suspected that our Solar System may not have always looked the way it does today. The giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—likely formed much closer together before gradually migrating to their current positions. Now, new research…
Located 6,500 light-years from Earth within the Eagle Nebula (M16), these towering tendrils of interstellar gas and dust are arguably the most famous structures in the cosmos. When comparing the James Webb vs Hubble Pillars of Creation images, the staggering…
New theoretical and observational research suggests the universe may not be perfectly symmetric after all. A growing body of evidence points to a phenomenon known as the cosmic dipole anomaly, which implies that the large-scale universe may be slightly lopsided…
The James Webb Space Telescope has identified a rapidly growing supermassive black hole dating back to an era known as cosmic noon, roughly four billion years after the Big Bang. Nicknamed BiRD (Big Red Dot), the object belongs to a…
A Growing Problem for Astronomy: Bright Satellite Trails in Space-Based Images A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature warns that rapidly expanding satellite megaconstellations pose a major and escalating threat—not just to ground-based observatories, but to space telescopes in Low…
A Dramatic Hubble View of NGC 1792 A tilted spiral galaxy fills the scene with chaotic beauty—patchy arms, bright blue star clusters, glowing red nebulae, and thick dust lanes winding through the disc. Light from NGC 1792 extends into the…
