galaxies
The Whirlpool Galaxy, Seen by JWST
The Whirlpool Galaxy, aka M51, is one of the most well-known objects in the night sky. It's close enough and…
Euclid Reaches L2, Shares its First Test Image
ESA's Euclid mission has made the journey through space to reach the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange Point. The two instruments on…
Supernovae are the Source of Dust in Early Galaxies
Dust is the building block for much of the Universe, including the planet you were born on. But where did…
James Webb is a GO for Cycle 2 Observations!
The observation programs for Cycle 2 of the James Webb Space Telescope have just been announced, and they are a…
JWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars
We can gaze out into regions in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way and find orgies of star birth. The…
Galactic Black Hole Winds Blow Up to a Third the Speed of Light. The Impact on Their Galaxies is Impressive.
A new study by the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project explores the role of "space…
M87 Galaxy Reconstructed in Thrilling 3D
In astronomy, we speak casually of extremely large numbers and extremely vast distances as if they're trivial. A supermassive black…
JWST Sees So Many Galaxies, and It's Just Getting Started
Hubble Space Telescope's Deep Field revealed thousands of galaxies in a seemingly empty spot in the sky. Now, the James…
JWST Sees the Same Supernova Three Times in an Epic Gravitational Lens
The NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)/Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission continues to dazzle and amaze with…
“The Universe Breakers”: Six Galaxies That are Too Big, Too Early
In the first data taken last summer with the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the new James Webb Space Telescope,…