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Scientists discovered a quasar from when the universe was just 670 million years old, the oldest ever found. Arizona researchers and telescopes helped spot 31 new quasars that could rewrite our understanding of how massive black holes formed.
Europe's Euclid telescope just discovered more ancient quasars in 12 months than astronomers found in the previous decade. These cosmic beacons from the universe's infancy are revealing secrets about how galaxies like our Milky Way came to exist.
Graduate student Everett MacArthur and Ohio State astronomers used artificial intelligence to discover several ultra-rare quasar gravitational lenses, unlocking new ways to understand how galaxies and black holes form together. The breakthrough shows how AI can help scientists find cosmic treasures hidden in massive telescope data.
Astronomers detected a quasar flickering from just 850 million years after the Big Bang, revealing surprisingly mature black holes existed far earlier than expected. The discovery opens new questions about how the universe's most powerful engines shaped the earliest galaxies.
Scientists just discovered 31 ancient quasars, including the two oldest ever found, shining from when the universe was barely 5% its current age. These cosmic beacons, each brighter than a trillion suns, could finally explain how supermassive black holes grew so large so quickly after the Big Bang.
An international team has finished mapping 47 million galaxies and quasars across 11 billion years of cosmic history, delivering answers about the mysterious force shaping our universe's fate. The breakthrough could revolutionize our understanding of dark energy and how the cosmos evolves.
Astronomers just completed the largest map of the universe ever made, capturing 47 million galaxies and quasars. The breakthrough could solve mysteries about dark energy and reshape our understanding of the cosmos.
A telescope in Arizona just finished mapping 47 million galaxies and quasars, creating the most detailed view of our universe ever captured. The findings could completely change what we know about the mysterious force expanding our cosmos.
Astronomers discovered two supermassive black hole binaries and named them Gondor and Rohan after the iconic Lord of the Rings locations. The discovery uses a groundbreaking technique that could map cosmic collisions across the universe.
A girl who fell in love with the night sky grew up to study supermassive black holes trillions of kilometers from Earth. Dr. Jedidah Isler now researches some of the universe's most powerful objects, proving childhood dreams can reach across galaxies.
Astrophysicists just created the first detection system that uses gravitational waves to locate merging black holes across the universe, opening a revolutionary new way to explore space. The breakthrough already identified two supermassive black hole pairs nicknamed after Lord of the Rings locations.
After five years of stargazing, a telescope in Arizona just completed the most detailed 3D map of the universe ever created, capturing 47 million galaxies across 11 billion years of cosmic history. The breakthrough could finally reveal how dark energy shapes our universe's fate.
An international team has created the largest 3D map of the universe ever made, charting 47 million galaxies across billions of years. The breakthrough helps us understand where the cosmos came from and where it's headed.
After 13 years and 263,407 photographs, scientists have mapped three-quarters of the night sky, capturing nearly four billion celestial objects. The massive project gives everyone free access to explore galaxies, stars, and black holes across 75 percent of the cosmos.
A Bell Labs engineer investigating phone static accidentally discovered that the Milky Way emits radio waves, birthing an entirely new field of astronomy. Karl Jansky's curious pursuit of a mysterious hiss opened our eyes to an invisible universe we never knew existed.
An 18-year-old high school student from California discovered over 1.5 million unknown space objects by building an algorithm to analyze retired NASA telescope data. His breakthrough won him $250,000 and publication in a major astronomy journal.
A Pasadena high school student built an AI system that discovered 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space by analyzing overlooked NASA data. His breakthrough is changing how scientists approach massive datasets and earned him $250,000 in a national science competition.
A high school student used machine learning to discover 1.5 million previously unknown variable objects hidden in NASA's archives. Matteo Paz turned a summer project into a groundbreaking contribution to astronomy.
After years of upgrades, MIT's legendary Haystack 37m Telescope is back exploring the cosmos, capturing images of supermassive black holes and training the next generation of astronomers. The 60-year-old instrument that helped guide Apollo missions just made its triumphant return to cutting-edge science.
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered mysterious bright red objects from the early Universe that shouldn't exist according to standard physics. Scientists just figured out they're a new type of black hole that formed directly from gas clouds, solving a cosmic puzzle.
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