astrophysics
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James Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Newborn Star in Space
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again amazed astronomers with a breathtaking image of a newborn star hiding in a cosmic cloud. This incredible discovery was named “Picture of the Month” by the European Space Agency in February. Located about 450 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, this young star, called HH 30,…
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Astronomers Map the Surprising Layers of an Ultra-Hot Alien Planet
Astronomers have just mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet’s atmosphere for the first time, revealing some surprising details about the planet WASP-121b, also known as Tylos. This planet is what’s called an “ultra-hot Jupiter” — a massive gas planet that orbits incredibly close to its star, making it super hot. WASP-121b’s atmosphere is…
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James Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Flares Near the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole
Scientists have observed strange activity in Sagittarius A* (Sgr A), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Sgr A, located about 26,000 light-years from Earth and weighing four million times the mass of the Sun, constantly emits mysterious flares that are not yet…
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Investigating The Fastest Planetary System
Astronomers might have just discovered the fastest planetary system ever seen! A tiny star, possibly with a super-Neptune planet tagging along, is zooming through the Milky Way at an insane speed—about 1.2 million mph (1.9 million km/h). If it’s moving fast enough, this star could eventually escape our galaxy, dragging its planetary companion into intergalactic…
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Quipu: The Largest Structure in the Universe Ever Found
Astronomers have just discovered the largest known structure in the universe! Named Quipu, this massive structure stretches across 1.4 billion light-years. What’s inside? Nearly 70 superclusters of galaxies, with a total mass hundreds of thousands of times larger than the Milky Way. What is Quipu? Imagine Quipu as a giant cosmic highway network, where galaxies…
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Scientists Discover the Longest Black Hole Jet in the Early Universe
Astronomers have just found something amazing in the early universe: a gigantic jet shot out by a black hole, and it’s twice as long as our Milky Way galaxy! This jet stretches an incredible 200,000 light-years, even though it comes from a black hole that isn’t actually that big for a quasar. A Super-Long Jet…