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Astronomy Feb 28, 2023

Galactic explosion offers astrophysicists new insight into the cosmos

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope's first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy.

Astronomy Feb 26, 2023

Webb spots surprisingly massive galaxies in early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted six massive galaxies that emerged not long after the Big Bang, a study said Wednesday, surprising scientists by forming at a speed that contradicts our current understanding of the ...

Astronomy Feb 25, 2023

'We just discovered the impossible': How giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early universe

"Look at this," says Erica's message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

General Physics Feb 22, 2023

On the track of the Big Bang: The most sensitive detector for measuring radioactivity is now in Dresden

What is dark matter? What are neutrinos all about? How do stars work and what was actually going on in the universe in the first minutes after the Big Bang? To answer these questions, you need very sensitive detectors and ...

Astronomy Feb 22, 2023

Observations shed more light on the morphology and environment of a very distant galaxy

An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to conduct near-infrared imaging of GN-z11—one of the most distant galaxies known to date. Results of these observations yield important ...

Astronomy Feb 22, 2023

Discovery of massive early galaxies defies prior understanding of the universe

Six massive galaxies discovered in the early universe are upending what scientists previously understood about the origins of galaxies in the universe.

General Physics Feb 20, 2023

South Korea debuts first search for DFSZ axion dark matter

A South Korean research team at the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) recently announced the most advanced experimental setup to search for axions. The group ...

Astronomy Feb 6, 2023

Distant galaxy mirrors the early Milky Way

A galaxy has been discovered that mirrors the very early version of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy, dubbed the "Sparkler," is embedded in a system of globular clusters and satellite galaxies, and appears to be ...

Astronomy Feb 6, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope captures the first phase of star formation in distant galaxies

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope's first images of galaxy clusters, researchers have, for the very first time, been able to examine very compact structures of star clusters inside galaxies, so-called clumps. In a ...

General Physics Jan 31, 2023

Scientists release new map of all the matter in the universe

Sometimes to know what the matter is, you have to find it first.

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