Menu

#SpaceTelescopes

17 posts

Feed·
17 of 17 posts
Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science
📰
0

Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·22 days ago
#7TagqqYY

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially imagined a catastrophic asteroid impact centuries before modern science understood meteors.…

15s
Read More
Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin
📰
0

Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·24 days ago
#Zi5tTVFb

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something that shouldn’t exist—at least not so early in the universe. A massive galaxy, formed less than 2 billion years after the Big Bang, appears to have no rotation at all, a trait usually…

15s
Read More
This strange planet pair shouldn’t exist, but it does
📰
0

This strange planet pair shouldn’t exist, but it does

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·24 days ago
#kHvgxR47

A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby companions — is sharing its system with a smaller mini-Neptune tucked…

15s
Read More
Webb space telescope reveals a scorching “super-Earth” that looks like Mercury
📰
0

Webb space telescope reveals a scorching “super-Earth” that looks like Mercury

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·27 days ago
#HRtjRKSq

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers studied LHS 3844 b—a tidally locked “super-Earth” with a permanent dayside hot…

15s
Read More
A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed
📰
0

A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·about 1 month ago
#3LFpUBat

A spectacular cosmic event nicknamed “SN Winny” could help solve one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: how fast the universe is expanding. This rare superluminous supernova, located 10 billion light-years away, appears five times in the sky thanks to…

15s
Read More
Scientists just found the Milky Way’s edge and it’s closer than expected
📰
0

Scientists just found the Milky Way’s edge and it’s closer than expected

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·about 1 month ago
#Kp0xHaIi

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a telltale U-shaped pattern showing that star formation drops sharply around 35,000–40,000 light-years from the center.…

15s
Read More
Astronomers may have found a strange new kind of cosmic explosion
📰
0

Astronomers may have found a strange new kind of cosmic explosion

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
#2cfM93DV

A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar cataclysm. After detecting ripples in space-time, scientists spotted a fast-fading red glow that initially looked like a rare…

15s
Read More
Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet
📰
0

Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
#OYNEHuTH

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space Telescope, they found less ammonia than expected—likely…

15s
Read More