Astronomy

Corrected moon age

A good hundred million years after its formation, the moon was highly volcanically active. This could have distorted dates. © MPS/Alexey Chizhik ...

First binary star in the Milky Way’s black hole

Object D9 orbits close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. Observations have now revealed that D9 is a young binary star...

Gamma ray burst captured on M87* jet

Images of M87*'s jet in various regions of radio and X-ray emission and light curve of the gamma-ray burst (below). © EHT Collaboration, Fermi-LAT...

What “Firefly Sparkle” reveals about the early Milky Way

The distant galaxy "Firefly Sparkle" provides new clues about the possible evolution of the early Milky Way. © NASA/ESA/CSA, STScI, Chris Willott (NRC-Canada), Lamiya...

Cosmic expansion remains controversial

The galaxy NGC 4258 is one of the galaxies whose distance astronomers have now checked using the James Webb Telescope. © ESA/NASA/CSA, J. Glenn,...

Energetic electrons from space

The HESS Observatory in Namibia has captured the most energetic cosmic electrons to date. © MPIK/HESS Collaboration ...

How complicated is the cosmos?

Humans still have difficulty understanding the universe. © den-belitsky/Istock One foundation of the...

Simulation reveals sun’s polar vortex

Simulation of the polar vortex on the Sun in its initial state. Later, the vortices migrate further poleward and only two remain. © University...

Why the Mars Mole Failed

NASA's Mars InSight probe on the surface of Mars (illustration). Their thermal probe HP3 has now provided new insights into the Martian subsurface near...

Brown dwarf turns out to be a binary system

Gliese 229B was the first brown dwarf discovered by astronomers. Now it turns out that it actually consists of two small brown dwarfs that...

Euclid Space Telescope delivers first mosaic

Overview of the mosaic of 206 observations from the Euclid Space Telescope. It covers around 500 times the area of ​​the full moon in...

CO2 ice and hydrogen peroxide detected on Pluto’s moon Charon

This spectrum, created by the James Webb Telescope, shows the signatures of various molecules on Pluto's moon Charon. © Silvia Protopapa (SwRI), Ian Wong...

Astronomers find exoplanets around Barnard’s star

There is at least one small rocky planet around the red dwarf Barnard's Star, which is only six light-years away. © ESO/M. grain knife ...

Most detailed infrared map of our Milky Way

Selection of Milky Way objects recorded by the VISTA infrared telescope as part of the VVV and VVVX surveys. © ESO/VVVX survey ...

Cosmic mega-jets discovered

Artist's impression of the record-breaking jet pair "Porphyrion". E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei ...

Black hole prevents star formation

The early galaxy GS-10578 hardly forms any new stars anymore, although it existed during a time of intense galaxy growth in the young cosmos....

Stellar “bubbling” observed

Video: A time-lapse image of R Doradus shows hot bubbles – 75...

Event Horizon Telescope now sees more clearly

This simulation shows what a black hole similar to Sagittarius A* looks like at the current wavelength of 1300 micrometers and how much sharper...

JUICE space probe on home visit

The European space probe JUICE will perform a double flyby maneuver on the Moon and Earth on its way to the Jupiter system. ©...

What the quantum world “expects” from us

Quantum physics poses great challenges to the human imagination. © koto_feja/iStock Paradoxical effects,...

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