“The data indicates that the youngest stars form in filaments of gas,” Loeb said. “Subsequently the gas cools and fragments ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

The Leo P Galaxy has shocked scientists with new findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located 5.3 million ...

She was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. Those with this condition typically have an average-sized torso but shorter legs and arms. While the condition ...

Recent observations of white dwarf explosions have revealed new insights into their diversity and relationship to dark energy ...

Isolated, low-mass galaxies help researchers study the impact of reionization on their star formation histories (SFHs) ...

"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide who are eager to understand how this vast boundary works." NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light ...