First-Ever ‘Einstein Zig-Zag’ Found in Space Could Help Solve the Universe’s Expansion Mystery
A compound lens forged by two galaxies is helping astronomers get a bead on the Hubble Constant and dark energy.
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The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50
The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...
Astronomers discover two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a compound lens
An international team of astronomers has discovered an instance of two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as ...
Mystery of the “Red Monsters”: Webb Finds Massive Early Galaxies That Shouldn’t Exist
Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three massive galaxies from the early universe, revealing ...
When it comes to galaxies, it's a case of eat or be eaten
It all looks so beautiful and peaceful. The images of other galaxies, such as the Andromeda Galaxy convey a similar feeling. However, these impressions are incorrect. Out there among the galaxies, the ...
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Ending NASA’s Chandra Will Cut Us Out of the High-Resolution X-Ray Universe
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the darling of high-energy astrophysics. Famed for providing unequaled x-ray views of ...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious 'red monster' galaxies so large they shouldn't exist
The James Webb telescope has spotted three gigantic "red monster" galaxies that were spawned soon after the Big Bang. They're ...