by rmil2k | Oct 28, 2023 | News
When the JWST activated its penetrating infrared eyes in July 2022, it faced a massive wish-list of targets compiled by an eager international astronomy community. Distant, early galaxies, nascent planets forming in dusty disks, and the end of the Universe’s dark ages...
by rmil2k | Oct 28, 2023 | News
Week in images: 23-27 October 2023 Discover our week through the lens Source link
by rmil2k | Oct 28, 2023 | News
Like a monstrous cosmic spider, a distant supermassive black hole is spinning a jet of plasma into a twisted rope and blasting it out at near-light speed.Astronomers witnessed this spectacular sight with a network of radio telescopes, including the RadioAstron space...
by rmil2k | Oct 27, 2023 | News
The Lucy spacecraft flies by asteroid Dinkinesh in this artist’s concept. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Since its launch two years ago, NASA’s Lucy mission has been traveling the inner solar system on its way to explore Jupiter’s Trojan...
by rmil2k | Oct 27, 2023 | News
A recent study published in Nature investigates recent observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ground-based telescopes of heavy elements within the ejected material of a recent gamma-ray burst (GRB), classified as GRB 230307A, that was likely...
