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August 2, 2023

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Gravitational Arcs in 'El Gordo' Galaxy Cluster

A new image of the galaxy cluster known as 'El Gordo' is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science. The infrared image displays a variety of unusual, distorted background galaxies that were only hinted at in previous Hubble Space Telescope ...

New Clues on the Source of the Universe's Magnetic Fields

Researchers offer insight into the source of cosmic magnetic fields. The research team used models to show that magnetic fields may spontaneously arise in turbulent plasma. Their simulations showed that, in addition to generating new magnetic fields, the turbulence of those plasmas can also amplify ...

Galaxy J1135 Reveals Its Water Map

Researchers look at water in galaxies, its distribution and in particular its changes of state from ice to vapor, as important markers indicating areas of increased energy, in which black holes and stars are formed. A new study has now revealed the distribution of water within the J1135 galaxy, ...

The Puzzle of the Galaxy With No Dark Matter

New research has found the first evidence of a massive galaxy with no dark matter. The result is a challenge to the current standard model of ...
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Gravitational Waves from Colossal Black Holes Found Using 'Cosmic Clocks'

You can't see or feel it, but everything around you -- including your own body -- is slowly shrinking and expanding. It's the weird, spacetime-warping effect of gravitational waves passing ...

Starlight and the First Black Holes: Researchers Detect the Host Galaxies of Quasars in the Early Universe

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes -- quasars -- seen less than a billion years after the Big ...

Einstein and Euler Put to the Test at the Edge of the Universe

The cosmos is a unique laboratory for testing the laws of physics, in particular those of Euler and Einstein. Euler described the movements of celestial objects, while Einstein described the way in ...

Never-Before-Seen Way to Annihilate a Star

Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Unlike most GRBs, which are caused by exploding massive stars or the chance mergers of ...

Astronomers Discover New Link Between Dark Matter and Clumpiness of the Universe

Researchers reveal a theoretical breakthrough that may explain both the nature of invisible dark matter and the large-scale structure of the universe known as the cosmic web. The result establishes a ...

DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects

The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore. Taken during the experiment's 'survey validation' phase, the data ...

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Astronomers Discover Supernova Explosion Through Rare 'Cosmic Magnifying Glasses'

An international team of scientists recently discovered an exceptionally rare gravitationally lensed supernova, which the team named 'SN Zwicky.' Located more than 4 billion light years ...

New Study Identifies Mechanism Driving the Sun's Fast Wind

Researchers used data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe to explain how the solar wind is capable of surpassing speeds of 1 million miles per hour. They discovered that the energy released from the ...

Webb Space Telescope Detects Universe's Most Distant Complex Organic Molecules

Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth -- the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist. Thanks to ...

Early Universe Crackled With Bursts of Star Formation, Webb Shows

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One of ...

Weigh a Quasar's Galaxy With Precision

Scientists have managed to weigh -- more precisely than any other technique -- a galaxy hosting a quasar, thanks to the fact that it acts as a gravitational lens. Detection of strong gravitational ...

Eventually Everything Will Evaporate, Not Only Black Holes

New theoretical research has shown that Stephen Hawking was likely right about black holes, although not completely. Due to Hawking radiation, black holes will eventually evaporate, but the event ...

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Astrophysicists Confirm the Faintest Galaxy Ever Seen in the Early Universe

After the Big Bang, the universe expanded and cooled sufficiently for hydrogen atoms to form. In the absence of light from the first stars and galaxies, the universe entered a period known as the ...

X-Ray Emissions from Black Hole Jets Vary Unexpectedly, Challenging Leading Model of Particle Acceleration

Black hole jets are known to emit x-rays, but how they accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery. Surprising new findings appear to rule out a leading theory, opening the door ...

Helium Nuclei Research Advances Our Understanding of Cosmic Ray Origin and Propagation

The latest observations from Low Earth Orbit with the International Space Station provide further evidence of spectral hardening and softening of cosmic ray ...

An X-Ray Look at the Heart of Powerful Quasars

Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspective ...

Radio Signal Reveals Supernova Origin

Astronomers reveal the origin of a thermonuclear supernova explosion. Strong emission lines of helium and the first detection of such a supernova in radio waves show that the exploding white dwarf ...

Astronomers Reveal the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen

Astronomers have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. The explosion is more than ten times brighter than any known supernova and three times brighter than the brightest tidal ...

Researchers Find New Approach to Explore Earliest Universe Dynamics With Gravitational Waves

Researchers have discovered a new generic production mechanism of gravitational waves generated by a phenomenon known as ...

Hidden Supermassive Black Holes Brought to Life by Galaxies on Collision Course

Astronomers have found that supermassive black holes obscured by dust are more likely to grow and release tremendous amounts of energy when they are inside galaxies that are expected to collide with ...

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