Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...
Wicked High-Definition Image of the Cosmic Web Shows the Universe’s Dark Matter Scaffolding
New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.
Secrets of the universe could be lost by ‘lunar colonisers’
A chance to unpick the secrets of the dawn of the universe could be threatened by private companies mining on the moon, a ...
Largest Radio Jet, Twice As Wide As Milky Way Galaxy, Found In Distant Universe
Astronomers have found a massive radio jet, stretching across at least 200,000 light-years in the distant universe. The ...
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Scientists alarmed as Rubin Observatory changes biography of astronomer Vera Rubin amid Trump's push to end DEI efforts
"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular ...
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Astronomers discover Quipu, the largest known structure in the universe
For decades, scientists have worked to map the universe’s large-scale structure, testing cosmological models and ...
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An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...
How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – podcast
(THE CONVERSATION) If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans ...
First ultra-high-energy neutrino detected in deep-sea telescope
An extraordinary event consistent with a neutrino with an estimated energy of about 220 PeV (220 x 1015 electron volts or 220 ...
Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with startling clarity
The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...
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Astro Brief: Little Red Dots
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a glass to the past, revealing elements of the early universe. Over the past two ...
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Private lunar exploration could prevent us from learning more about mysteries of the universe, scientists say
A chance to unpick the secrets of the dawn of the universe could be threatened by private companies mining on the moon, a Harvard astronomer has warned. The far side of the moon and spots of lunar ...