Astronomers probe the nature of a massive young stellar object
Three-color image of a 55′′×45′′ region towards YSO-G29 obtained with Gemini-NIRI. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.10197 Astronomers from Argentina and...
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Analysis suggests the most likely places to detect signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence
In a new study, researchers from Penn State and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzed human deep space communications and found...
Astronomers combine X-ray and radio data to map pulsar ‘hand’ nebula
Credit: NASA In 2009, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is...
XRISM reveals slow-moving hot gas near black hole during faint X-ray phase
Conceptual illustration of a black hole X-ray binary. The strong gravity of the black hole (shown as a small black...
Ceres may have had long-standing energy to fuel habitability
Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these enhanced-color renderings that use images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemicals...
Streams of gas might lead to the rapid formation of high-mass stars
The dust emission of the high-mass star forming region G336.018-00.827 ALMA1 at radio wavelengths. The star symbol indicates the protostellar...
First-of-its-kind supernova reveals inner workings of a dying star
SN 2021yfj is a new kind of supernova, challenging our understanding of stellar evolution. Its progenitor lost its outer shells...
Accidental double zoom reveals millimeter waves around supermassive black hole
Artist’s rendering of the corona around a black hole. Credit: RIKEN An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak...
The most powerful tool in an astronomer’s arsenal is a lens—but not the kind you might think
LRG 3-757, or the Cosmic Horseshoe, where the yellow galaxy has magnified the light of the blue one farther away....
Watching how stars come into being using cosmic simulations
This simulation shows how the first galaxies in the universe came into existence. They were recently discovered by the James...
