Lisa Kaltenegger, who currently directs the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, recently told The Telegraph that announcements of alien life discovery are imminent and that the James Webb will be the tool we use to find evidence of life beyond our planet. Scientists have been looking for signs of life out there for decades, and …
Back in October of 2022, astronomers around the world were baffled and awed by the largest gamma-radiation burst we’ve ever recorded. The burst was so powerful, in fact, that it has been nicknamed the BOAT (Brightest of All Time). Now, almost two years later, the BOAT continues to reveal twisting secrets about itself. We have …
A planet just 70 light-years away has garnered quite a bit of attention from scientists. A group of astronomers uncovered the planet using data they picked up from the James Webb Space Telescope. Now, after looking at things more closely, they say that the planet may be a boiling ocean world that is hot enough …
Birthed from the minds of astronomers Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason, the Hubble constant has long been our closest attempt at understanding the universe’s rate of expansion. However, recent attempts to measure that expansion rate in other ways have led to some confusing results, with the most common value estimated to be around 70 kilometers …
Scientists are baffled by a recent James Webb discovery. The discovery in question is detailed in a new study published in Nature. It details observations of a galaxy known as ZF-UDS-7329, which is estimated to have formed just 800 million years after the Big Bang. This makes it one of the earliest galaxies we know …
The Kuiper Belt is a donut-shaped region that surrounds most of our solar system. This region is known as the home of Pluto, a dwarf planet that was originally considered one of the nine planets in our solar system. Not much is known about the Kuiper Belt other than that it’s full of “dead” objects. …
The James Webb space telescope has amassed what the ESA is calling a “treasure trove” of new images of spiral galaxies. While the images themselves are beautiful, Webb’s observations of these 19 galaxies have revealed unknown structures within them, leaving scientists scrambling to learn more. The images were taken using the near- and mid-infrared systems …
In a galaxy far, far away, an intriguing cosmic object resides, feeding on the remnants of the galaxy GN-z11. Located roughly 13.4 billion light-years away, this galaxy is home to the oldest black hole that we have ever discovered, and one believed to have existed at least 400 million years after the Big Bang that …
Whenever the James Webb Space Telescope makes a shocking new discovery, it’s sure to make headlines. In fact, I write about Webb’s observations and data quite a bit here, and I’ve even done my best to keep up with an ultimate guide to James Webb for those who want to follow along. However, recent rumors …
An isolated brown dwarf that doesn’t orbit a star shows possible signs of aurorae. The discovery was made by the James Webb Space Telescope research team and was detailed in a new report on the Webb Telescope website. According to the report, astronomers using James Webb found a brown dwarf (a cosmic object that is …