The Webb telescope unlocks secrets of primeval galaxy
March 07, 2024This image from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument shows a portion of the GOODS-North field of galaxies. At the lower right, a pullout highlights the galaxy ...
Star ripped apart by black hole in rare discovery
March 06, 2024Illustration shows the remnants of a star shredded by a supermassive black hole. (Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA/GESTAR))Astronomers f...
Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation
March 04, 2024ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc around HL Tauri. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)Researchers have found water vapour in the disk around a young...
Detected the first extragalactic circumstellar disk around a massive young star outside of the Milky Way in the Large Magellanic Cloud
December 05, 2023Artist's impression of the disk and jet in the young star system HH 1177 Credit: European Southern Observatory.An international team of astronomers led by the Physics dep...
Scientists discover rare six-planet system that moves in strange synchrony
December 04, 2023An artist's illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance. Image by Roger Thibaut (NCCR PlanetS). Credit: Roger Thibaut (NCCR Pl...
NASA's Webb telescope is now in full focus, ready for instrument commissioning
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sees backshell and parachute that helped Perseverance Rover Land on the red planet
Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals
Star ripped apart by black hole in rare discovery

Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation

Detected the first extragalactic circumstellar disk around a massive young star outside of the Milky Way in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Scientists discover rare six-planet system that moves in strange synchrony

Dwarf planet Eris is squishier than expected

Astronomers find possible first evidence for supermassive stars at the origin of globular clusters
