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James Webb telescope reveals stunning 'star factory' in glorious new image
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope captured a starburst complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, with stunning results.
Gory simulation reconstructs the violent clash between a monster black hole and a doomed star
A new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events.
Are 3,000-year-old carvings from Italy a star map? Researchers can't agree.
A new study suggests the disk was made to accurately represent the brightest stars at least 2,400 years ago, possibly as an aid for planting crops. But other experts are not convinced.
Turbulent 1st moments of a black hole's life captured in new simulations
Scientists modeled how black holes and neutron stars form after dying stars collapse, and explained why some get a hard 'kick' into interstellar space.
Millions of invisible 'mirror stars' could exist in the Milky Way, and astronomers know how to find them
An entire universe made of 'dark' particles could exist within our own, and astronomers may know the first place to look: In the mysterious hearts of supposed 'mirror stars'.
8 stunning James Webb Space Telescope discoveries made in 2023
The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down — here are the JWST's wildest discoveries of 2023.
Atom-size black holes from the dawn of time could be devouring stars from the inside out, new research suggests
New research suggests that if tiny primordial black holes created during the Big Bang exist, some of them may have been snared by stars and are now forced to eat their way out.
Scientists find ultra-rare collection of molecules in 2 ancient galaxies from the early universe
Scientists discovered 13 molecules, including some never spotted before in the early universe, inside two galaxies located 12 billion light-years away.
James Webb telescope finds universe's smallest 'failed star' in cluster full of mystery molecules
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted what may be the smallest known brown dwarf, a "failed star" that's only three or four times larger than Jupiter.
1st evidence of nuclear fission in stars hints at elements 'never produced on Earth'
An analysis of 42 ancient stars in the Milky Way reveals the first hints of nuclear fission in the cosmos, hinting at the existence of elements far heavier than anything found naturally on Earth.
