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Yale astronomy graduate student writes a Martian adventure children’s book
Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the ...
New Scientist10h
When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
New Scientist13h
Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of a distant planet
The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...
Hubble’s New Image of Tarantula Nebula Showcases Cosmic Dust and Star Formation
Hubble’s latest image of the Tarantula Nebula highlights cosmic dust, interstellar gas, and active star formation.
Space.com19h
James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars
How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
Astronomy4d
Listen to the universe: How sonification turns data into sound
A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.
Scientific American4d
JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
IFLScience7d
The Woman Who Helped Astronomers Map The Stars And Prove A Universe Beyond Our Galaxy
It is the International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, and what better way to celebrate than to discuss the work of Henrietta Leavitt, the scientist who discovered Cepheid variables and laid the ...