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Scientists may have finally spotted the universe's very first stars, born just 400 million years after the Big Bang. The James Webb Space Telescope detected these ancient giants in a tiny companion object near one of the early universe's brightest galaxies.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the strongest evidence yet for Population III stars, the first generation of stars that illuminated the dark universe. Two independent research teams confirmed the discovery using metal-free chemical signatures from a tiny object near one of the most distant galaxies ever observed.
NASA's Perseverance rover just discovered tiny grains of corundum (the mineral that forms rubies and sapphires) on Mars for the first time ever. Scientists think ancient meteorite impacts created these precious gemstones under intense heat and pressure.
Strange red lights in the young universe puzzled astronomers for years, but new research reveals they're young black holes wrapped in dense gas clouds, not impossibly massive galaxies. The discovery rewrites our understanding of how supermassive black holes grew in the early cosmos.
Three amateur astronomers in Queensland made history by becoming the first citizen scientists to discover a planetary ring, proving that world-changing discoveries can happen in your own backyard. Their finding helped solve a cosmic mystery that professional telescopes had missed.
Astronauts flying past the moon's far side witnessed something incredibly rare: six meteorites striking the lunar surface in real time, creating brilliant flashes of light. It's the first time humans have directly observed these cosmic collisions during a mission.
Four astronauts are bringing home stunning photos and stories from their historic journey around the far side of the Moon. They traveled further from Earth than any humans in history and witnessed views no one has ever seen before.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of two planet-forming disks, and one may contain a newborn planet clearing its path through cosmic dust. Scientists are watching planetary birth in real time, 480 light-years away.
Scientists just watched thousands of massive stars being born in a cosmic nursery 17,000 light-years away, thanks to breakthrough images that reveal what was previously invisible. The discovery is teaching us how the universe creates its biggest, brightest stars.
Astronomers just proved a decades-old theory about how planets spin, and it's rewriting our understanding of how worlds form. The discovery came from studying 32 distant giant planets and brown dwarfs with powerful new technology.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a tiny star that shouldn't exist, with an atmosphere that challenges everything we thought we knew about how planets form.
The James Webb Space Telescope just revealed breathtaking new images of one of our galaxy's most active star-forming regions, showing never-before-seen details of massive stars being born. What scientists discovered in this cosmic nursery could change how we understand the universe's largest stars.
NASA's Perseverance rover discovered pale, metal-rich rocks on Mars containing minerals that suggest the Red Planet was once warm and wet. The finding raises exciting new questions about whether Mars could have supported ancient life.
University of Florida researchers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to photograph a cosmic nursery with unprecedented clarity, revealing stars being born right now. The images show the W51 region in a way we've never seen before.
Researchers may have detected the first primordial black hole, mysterious objects formed in the first second after the Big Bang. The discovery could solve one of the universe's oldest mysteries.
Astronomers discovered the most distant and powerful cosmic laser ever detected, beaming from colliding galaxies when the universe was half its current age. The breakthrough shows how gravity itself can act as a natural magnifying glass for exploring our cosmic past.
Canadian astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered two "monster" black holes that challenge what we know about galaxy formation. One sits off-center in its galaxy, while the other hides in a galaxy so tiny it shouldn't exist there at all.
Scientists have discovered an Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting a nearby star, and it still has an atmosphere we might be able to study. The exoplanet, named TOI-4616 b, could help us understand worlds beyond our solar system.
A new artificial intelligence tool just validated 118 planets outside our solar system that were hiding in plain sight within NASA's data. The discovery opens doors to finding thousands more worlds beyond Earth.
The James Webb and Hubble telescopes just delivered the clearest views of Saturn humanity has ever seen. These stunning new images reveal details of the ringed giant that were impossible to capture before.
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