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X-ray and infrared images of NGC 6099 HLX-1. Image credit: NASA / CXC / Inst. of Astronomy, Taiwan / Y-C Chang / ESA / STScI / HST / J. DePasquale.

Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Caught Eating Star in NGC 6099

Jul 27, 2025 by News Staff

The newly-discovered intermediate-mass black hole, named NGC 6099 HLX-1, resides in a compact star cluster on the outskirts of the elliptical galaxy NGC...

An artist’s impression of the L 98-59 planetary system; in the foreground is the habitable-zone super-Earth L 98-59f. Image credit: Benoît Gougeon / UdeM.

Astronomers Confirm Fifth Exoplanet in L 98-59 System

Jul 23, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Named L 98-59f, this planet is a non-transiting super-Earth with a minimal mass of 2.8 Earth masses on a 23-day orbit inside the habitable zone of the...

This image shows a possible substellar companion orbiting the young star V960 Mon. The candidate object was found with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), using its new Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS). The new ERIS data are shown here in orange, overlaid on older images of the dusty disk as seen with the VLT’s SPHERE instrument (yellow) and ALMA (blue). Image credit: ESO / A. Dasgupta / ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Weber et al.

VLT Spots Protoplanet and Substellar Object Candidates around Young Stars

Jul 22, 2025 by News Staff

Using the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two teams of astronomers have detected a...

Betelgeuse (right) and its stellar companion (left). Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab.

Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Stellar Companion

Jul 21, 2025 by News Staff

Using the speckle imager ‘Alopeke on the Gemini North telescope, one half of NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have captured direct...

This Hubble image shows NGC 3285B, a barred spiral galaxy some 137 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the ultraviolet and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through seven filters. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R.J. Foley, UC Santa Cruz.

Hubble Space Telescope Gazes at Swirling Spiral Galaxy

Jul 21, 2025 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3285B. This Hubble image shows NGC 3285B, a barred...

Composite image of Uranus. Image credit: Marcos van Dam / W. M. Keck Observatory.

Uranus May Actually Be Warmer than Previously Expected

Jul 18, 2025 by News Staff

Uranus releases about 15% more energy than it receives from the Sun, according to two new papers published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal...

An artist’s impression of a trans-Neptunian object. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STScI.

Newly-Discovered Trans-Neptunian Object is Moving in Rhythm with Neptune, Astronomers Say

Jul 17, 2025 by News Staff

Discovered by the Large inclination Distant Objects (LiDO) survey and designated 2020 VN40, this trans-Neptunian object is the first confirmed body that...

This image from the Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) at the Gemini North telescope shows the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / K. Meech, IfA & U. Hawaii / Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani, NOIRLab.

Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Jul 16, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory have captured 3I/ATLAS as it makes its temporary passage through...

An infographic detailing the GW231123 black hole merger. Image credit: Simona J. Miller / Caltech.

Astrophysicists Detect Gravitational Waves from Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date

Jul 15, 2025 by News Staff

Using twin detectors of NSF’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), astrophysicists with the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration...

An artist’s rendition of the ultrahot Jupiter TOI-1518b and its parent star. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Hundreds of Exoplanets Discovered by NASA’s TESS Satellite Might Be Larger than We Thought

Jul 15, 2025 by News Staff

The radius of a planet is a fundamental parameter that probes its composition and habitability. Precise radius measurements are typically derived from...

This Hubble image shows NGC 1786, a globular cluster located about 163,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Monelli / M.H. Özsaraç.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Shot of Ancient Globular Cluster

Jul 14, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 1786, a globular cluster located in the constellation of Dorado. This Hubble image shows...

This Webb image shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region located 5,500 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb Celebrates Its 3rd Anniversary with Awesome Photo of Cat’s Paw Nebula

Jul 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image a portion of the Cat’s Paw...

Top view of the Milky Way showing the estimated orbits of both our Sun and 3I/ATLAS. The comet is shown in red dashed lines, and the Sun is shown in yellow dotted lines. The large extent of the comet’s orbit into the outer thick disk is clear, while the Sun stays nearer the core of the Galaxy. Image credit: M. Hopkins / Ōtautahi-Oxford Team / ESA / Gaia / DPAC / Stefan Payne-Wardenaar / CC-BY-SA 4.0.

3I/ATLAS May Be Oldest Comet Ever Seen, Astronomers Say

Jul 11, 2025 by News Staff

3I/ATLAS — the second interstellar comet ever spotted in our cosmic neighborhood — may predate our Solar System by more than 3 billion years,...

Ramiro Saide et al. explored how hidden electromagnetic leakage might look to extraterrestrials up to 200 light-years from Earth, if they had state-of-the-art radio telescopes like our own. Image credit: Gemini AI.

Civilian and Military Radar Leakage is Revealing Our Existence to Alien Civilizations, Study Suggests

Jul 8, 2025 by News Staff

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Manchester performed comprehensive simulations of Earth’s radar systems as potential technosignatures...

This VLT/FORS2 image, taken on July 3, 2025, shows the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Image credit: ESO / O. Hainaut.

VLT Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Jul 8, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever observed. This VLT/FORS2...

An AI impression of a dark dwarf. Image credit: Gemini AI.

Dark Dwarfs May Reveal True Nature of Dark Matter

Jul 8, 2025 by News Staff

Dark dwarfs are hypothetical dark matter-powered objects that formed from the cooling of brown dwarfs, according to a team of astronomers from Durham University,...

The structure of low-density amorphous ice: many tiny crystallites (white) are concealed in the amorphous material (blue). Image credit: Michael B. Davies, UCL & University of Cambridge.

Interstellar Amorphous Ice Contains Tiny Crystals, New Research Reveals

Jul 7, 2025 by News Staff

Low-density amorphous ice is one of the most common solid materials in the Universe and a key material for understanding the many famous anomalies of liquid...

This Hubble image shows Abell 209, a galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The color image includes both optical and infrared observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Twelve filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Postman / P. Kelly.

Hubble Spots More Than Hundred Galaxies in Abell 209

Jul 7, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Abell 209 is a massive galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. This Hubble image shows Abell 209, a galaxy...

The discovery image of 3I/ATLAS from the ATLAS telescope. Image credit: University of Hawai’i.

Astronomers Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Jul 4, 2025 by News Staff

3I/ATLAS is only the third object of its kind ever observed, following the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov...