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Galaxies

This Galaxy Is Powerful, But Lonely Too

A large elliptical galaxy spewing a black hole–powered jet might have eaten its neighbors, leaving it on its own.

Sulphur-tinged volcano rises above surface on Venus

Solar System

Finally! Scientists Find Active Volcano on Venus

After decades of searching, scientists have finally found a clear sign of active volcanism on Venus.

X7 spaghettifying

Milky Way

Watch the Milky Way’s Black Hole Spaghettify a Cloud

Two decades of observations show a dusty gas cloud elongating as it approaches our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

Satellite trail passes through galaxy

Astronomy and Society

Satellite Trails Mar Hubble Images

An accounting of satellite streaks across two decades of Hubble Space Telescopes finds their appearance is increasing.

Infrared view of delicate spiral galaxy IC 5332

Galaxies

Generations of Stars Shape Their Galaxies, Webb Images Reveal

James Webb Space Telescope images reveal an intricate network in nearby galaxies, influenced by generations of star formation.

Black field dotted with galaxies

Galaxies

“The Sparkler” Might be Our Milky Way’s Long-Lost Twin

Astronomers are using compact groups of stars to probe the history of a galaxy in the adolescent universe dubbed "The Sparkler."

Intracluster light with Hubble

Galaxies

Hubble and Webb Image Galaxies’ Lost Stars

Deep images of galaxy clusters reveals the light of wandering stars. What set these stars free from their hosts?

Illustration of a planet and its star on a black background. The planet is large, in the foreground at the centre, and the star is smaller, in the background and also at the centre. The planet is rocky. The top quarter of the planet (the side facing the star) is lit, while the rest is in shadow. The star is bright yellowish-white, with no clear features.

Exoplanets

Webb Telescope Confirms Earth-size Exoplanet, Tries to Sniff Its Air

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed its first exoplanet, a rocky Earth-size planet, and attempted to take the measure of its atmosphere.

Local Bubble magnetic field placed on a backdrop of the Milky Way

Milky Way

A 3D Magnetic Map of the Local Bubble

Astronomers have mapped the magnetic field along the "bubble" of gas 1,000 light-years wide around the Sun.

Cosmology

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies

Images and spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the first galaxies in the universe are too many or too bright compared to what astronomers expected.

Pillars of Creation at infrared wavelengths

Astronomy & Observing News

The Top 10 Astronomy News Stories of 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope leads our list of the top news stories of the year. See what else made the Top 10!

Cosmic Cliffs close-ups

Stellar Science

Deep Dive Off the Cosmic Cliffs

The James Webb Space Telescope's early-release image of the Cosmic Cliffs is revealing growth spurts in young stars.

Image of north ecliptic pole shows black field dotted with distant galaxies, spiral and elliptical

Galaxies

Webb Telescope Sees Deep and Wide into the Universe

A new deep field from the James Webb Space Telescope shows how galaxies evolved in the early universe.

Dust devil

Solar System

Listen to a Martian Dust Devil

The Perseverance rover on Mars has recorded a dust devil using its microphone, providing unprecedented data about these whirlwinds.

Merger illustration

Stellar Science

Gamma-ray Burst Surprise

Gamma-ray bursts are generally thought to come in two flavors — supernovae or neutron star mergers. But new discoveries are blurring that line.

Titan

Solar System

New Images Track Clouds on Saturn's Largest Moon

Brand-new images from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawai'i reveal clouds beneath the haze on this enshrouded moon.

Blazar (art)

Black Holes

X-rays Offer View Inside the Black Hole-Powered Plasma Guns

Polarized X-rays are helping astronomers take a closer look at blazars’ “plasma guns,” the particle jets powered by supermassive black holes.

Infant star and a rainbow of burps

Stellar Science

Webb Telescope Reveals Starbirth in a Riot of Colors

A riot of colors in this James Webb Space Telescope infrared image show the warm glow of a feeding infant star, representing a look back in time at a star very like the Sun.

Supernova in a box in galaxy cluster

Stellar Science

Hubble Spies Supernova in Early Universe

Archival Hubble Space Telescope images taken more than a decade ago have revealed an ancient star in the act of exploding.

Supernova remnant

Stellar Science

Lightest Neutron Star Ever? Maybe, Maybe Not

A team of astronomers claims to have measured the lightest neutron star, but others say extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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