Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source. The faint blue source in the centre is the emission from the compact source detected with the JWST/NIRSpec ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research finds that two massive, hot stars swept past the Sun about 4.4 million years ago, blasting nearby gas clouds with ...
The mysteries of a strange era in the universe's history may have been uncovered by scientists. This "epoch of reionization" was a period in the early universe's history when the first stars and ...
Scientists have discovered a mysterious 'iron bar' in the heart of a nearby nebula that could offer a glimpse into Earth's grizzly fate. The strip of ionised iron atoms was spotted stretching across ...
An illustrative set of 8 individual WEAVE LIFU emission-line images of the Ring Nebula. The colour in each panel tracks the brightness of emission, with brown-red being the most intense, shading ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. About 92 million miles from the sun, Earth and its 8.2 ...
Researchers have now found evidence that double ionised sulphur dioxide contribute to the formation of oxygen molecules. This could, in particular, explain the presence of oxygen in sulphur ...