The Most Distant Black Hole Ever Found: Its Light Traveled Over 13 Billion Years
Imagine traveling back to a time when the universe was less than 5% of its current age. Over 13 billion […]
Astronomy facts
Ruby and sapphire clouds may form on HAT-P-7 b.
It’s an ultra-hot Jupiter about 1,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Cygnus. It orbits so close to its star […]
James Webb Spots a “Cauldron of Cosmic Creation”: The Flower Bud Nebula
In the constellation Cepheus, about 3,300 light-years away, there’s a nebula that looks like a flower bud about to bloom: […]
A planet 63 light-years away is “talking” on radio
Picture a young, gigantic planet, about 20 million years old, a baby in cosmic terms. This is Beta Pictoris b, […]
How did the Crescent nebula (NGC 6888) form?
The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) is about 5,600 light-years away in Cygnus. Its shape comes from the fast stellar winds […]
Rogue black holes: The universe’s secret archivists
Rogue black holes act as cosmic archivists. When galaxies collide and merge, a black hole can get knocked out of […]
The galaxy that spins backwards: The mystery of NGC 4698
55 million light-years away, in the constellation Virgo, lies a galaxy that defies cosmic logic. It’s called NGC 4698, and […]
The baby planet that broke every record Elias: 2-24 b
Did you know astronomers just photographed the youngest planet ever discovered? It’s called Elias 2-24 b, and it’s less than […]
Hubble telescope searches for an elusive supernova
Hubble captured a new image of galaxy cluster MACS J0417 on September 19, 2026, and what’s interesting isn’t just the […]
This star is being devoured… very slowly
Did you know there’s a star being devoured by a black hole… but not all at once? The phenomenon is […]