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Black holes could be driving the expansion of the universe, new study suggests

An artist's rendering of a black hole

LiveScience · Oct 31, 2024

Euclid telescope reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there's still 99% to go

The first piece of the Euclid space telescope's map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done.

LiveScience · Oct 23, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope is 'science and magic rolled together,' says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells us about the power of the James Webb Space Telescope and how she inspires disadvantaged students to enter STEM.

LiveScience · Oct 6, 2024

Monster black hole is starving its host galaxy to death, James Webb telescope reveals

New observations with JWST have confirmed that supermassive black holes have the power to quench star formation across their surrounding galaxies.

LiveScience · Sep 16, 2024

What??? James Webb telescope finds giant question mark in space

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a pair of distant galaxies being twisted into a cosmic question mark thanks to a rare form of gravitational lensing.

LiveScience · Sep 10, 2024

AI uncovers the universe's 'settings' with unprecedented precision, and it could help to resolve the Hubble tension

The new AI system can estimate cosmological parameters with stunning precision, and it could help astronomers unpick one of the thorniest problems in the field.

LiveScience · Aug 30, 2024

Supercharged 'cocoon of energy' may power the brightest supernovas in the universe

Every so often, astronomers detect a supernova explosion that's 100 times brighter than it should be. A new paper may reveal the strange source of these "superluminous" supernovas.

LiveScience · Aug 27, 2024

Catastrophic collision between Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not happen after all, new study hints

Astronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new calculations suggest this may be an over exaggeration.

LiveScience · Aug 19, 2024

Space photo of the week: Warped 'penguin galaxy' spotted by JWST is waddling toward certain doom

To mark its second anniversary of operations, James Webb Space Telescope scientists share a stunning view of the Penguin and Egg galaxies as they slowly collide.

LiveScience · Jul 14, 2024

Nearby Exoplanet Could Be First Known Ocean World: Webb Telescope

A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the James Webb space telescope.

International Business Times · Jul 11, 2024