Distant

Since the James Webb telescope was put into action earlier this year it has captured photos of a sparkling Dwarf Galaxy (opens in new tab), the stunning Tarantula Nebula (opens in new tab)and the Pillars of Creation (opens in new tab).…

A sample dwarf galaxy (small box left) observed with the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on AstroSat. AstroSat detected extremely blue star-forming clumps on the galaxy's outer boundary (box on left) (IUCAA)Dwarf galaxies, made up of a…

Brown dwarfs—celestial objects that fall between stars and planets—are shown in this illustration with a range of temperatures, from hottest (left) to coldest…

This illustration shows the accretion disk, corona (pale, conical swirls above the disk), and supermassive black hole of active galaxy 1ES 1927+654 before its recent flare-up. Credit: NASA/Sonoma State University, Aurore…

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Planets outside of our Solar System are rather dull things. So dull, we can only see them directly by sifting out a scattering of reflected rays amid the glare of their parent star. Even then, the best we can manage is a pinprick to…

For amateur astronomer Colleen O'Hare in Kelowna, B.C., it's a beautiful part of life to know an asteroid somewhere far away in the universe is now her namesake. The Paris-based International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced last…

Using NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), astronomers have observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on the surface of a magnetar called SGR 1830-0645. X-ray spots on the surface of the magnetar…

Prince Harry ‘sure to return’ Prince Harry ‘sure to return’ to UK THIS month despite police dispute with Home Office. Two royal authors have claimed that The Duke of Sussex is set to return this month, despite the ongoing dispute with…

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