Dark matter and dark energy may only be a cosmic illusion
Scenic View of Galaxy in Space. Credit: pexels.com For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make...
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Infrared data from the James Webb Telescope reveals more structural details of M87’s black hole jet
RGB image of M87 obtained using F356W, F150W, and F090W observations. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2025). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556577 Scientists have...
Supercomputer simulations pierce mysteries of galactic nuclei
Supermassive black holes constantly pump dust, gas and heat into their environments, creating accretion disks like this one. Simulations on...
Setting bounds on SETI
Composite image of a cluster of galaxies from Hubble and Webb. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Diego (Instituto de...
Multi-band observations explore nearby dwarf irregular galaxy UGCA 320
A Pan-STARRS grizy composite image of the field of UGCA 320. The background image is 78 kpc × 31 kpc,...
Galaxies with high radio emissions could be home to many advanced civilizations
Centaurus A is a famous example of a relatively nearby radio galaxy. Inside the galaxy is a supermassive black hole,...
Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
The process of light, soluble and reactive organic molecules making their way onto ice grains emitted in jets of water...
Nobel laureate George Smoot, who researched the universe’s origins at UC Berkeley, dies at 80
Dr. George Smoot, professor of Physics at the University of California Berkeley, gestures during a media conference Tuesday, Oct. 3,...
Geological evidence points to ancient ocean in Mars’ northern hemisphere
(a) CB width divided by a characteristic channel width (i.e., normalized CB width) plotted against normalized 𝐿𝑏 for terrestrial CBs....
Neural network method can automatically identify rare heartbeat stars
Light curves of four heartbeat stars exhibiting tidally excited oscillations. Credit: Li Minyu Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the...