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Hubble Captures Epic Comet Explosion'by Luck - Auburn Today
3+ week, 2+ day ago (274+ words) Accidental observation gives Hubble its first look at early days of comet fragmentation Mar. 19, 2026 at 5: 58pm NASA's Hubble Space Telescope accidentally captured the rare moment of a comet, Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart into at least four pieces over three days…...
The purest ancient star in the universe turns out to be surprisingly close
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (562+ words) A star within the Milky Way has turned out to be the purest ancient object ever discovered by astronomers, according to the website "Science Alert." Heavier elements appeared much later. Stars create new elements through nuclear fusion'first hydrogen into helium,…...
Mysterious 'Little Red Dots' Baffle Astronomers - Grand Rapids Today
21+ hour, 29+ min ago (239+ words) Apr. 10, 2026 at 8: 53pm The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a perplexing new cosmic phenomenon - 'little red dots' (LRDs), tiny bright red points that have appeared in nearly every image taken by the powerful observatory. These enigmatic objects have captivated the…...
This distant galaxy has lost 95% of its brightness in less than 20 years
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (270+ words) The universe still holds many surprises for astronomers. Indeed, after discovering a galaxy near the Andromeda Galaxy and an exoplanet located nearby the solar system, they have detected a galaxy, located about 10 billion light-years away, that is gradually disappearing. Indeed,…...
The Universe's Most Pristine Ancient Star Is Surprisingly Close
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (914+ words) A star right here in the Milky Way galaxy is the purest ancient star astronomers have found to date. That means that it's remarkably (although not entirely) unpolluted by the metals that only formed after stars had already lived and…...
A Never-Before-Seen Radio Telescope Detection of Twin Particle Jets Reveals a Titanic Collision in the Making
8+ hour, 28+ min ago (586+ words) Two large particle jets in the core of a distant galaxy, observed in a first-of-its-kind radio telescope detection, likely represent two black holes in their final phase before merging, a predicted but previously unobserved type of event. According to a…...
Do planets inherit their chemical structure from their stars?
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (1151+ words) A distant ultra-hot Jupiter reveals that planets can mirror their stars" chemistry, offering new insight into how worlds form and evolve. (CREDIT: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard) Far beyond the reach of any spacecraft, a distant world glows…...
Scientists are close to proving that primordial black holes exist
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (1017+ words) A strange LIGO signal may point to a primordial black hole and a new clue in the search for dark matter. (CREDIT: NASA) On November 12, 2025, three gravitational-wave detectors on two continents caught a ripple in spacetime. This event did not…...
Astronomers see signs of a rare cosmic event in galaxy NGC 4486 B
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (836+ words) Researchers have identified that the supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 4486 B, a compact elliptical system in the Virgo Cluster, sits measurably off-center. That observation is consistent with what astronomers expect to see after the merger of two supermassive black…...
Astronomers Just Caught a "Mega-Laser Beam" Signal from 8 Billion Light-Years Away That Refuses to Weaken or Disappear
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (602+ words) The signal left its source before Earth existed. It should have faded into noise. It didn't. A razor-thin radio signal struck the Meer KAT telescope in South Africa that refused to follow the usual rules of cosmic distance. It came…...