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What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...
Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable insights for particle physics ...
"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...
Supermassive black holes are one of the universe’s greatest mysteries, however scientists continue to chip away at their unknown properties more and more all the time. Now, in a cosmic first, ...
A new analysis of BL Lacertae by NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer sheds light on the emission mechanisms of active ...
Audrey Lang named an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for black ...
Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.
In a major breakthrough for astronomy, scientists have captured an incredibly detailed image of a powerful jet shooting out from a distant black hole. This was made possible by connecting some of the ...
Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...
The Hubble Space Telescope is making waves again, this time for a snapshot of a spiral galaxy located 250 million light-years ...
A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor.