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Astronomers Measure Cygnus X-1’s ‘Dancing’ Black Hole Jets at 10,000 Suns of Power

The deflected jets provide a direct yardstick for how black holes heat and shape galaxies.

Study Points to Tight Supermassive Black Hole Binary in Markarian 501

JWST and ALMA Pin Down Nano-Dominated Dust Around Wolf–Rayet Binary WR 112

Star-Shredding Black Hole’s Radio Jet Still Surging, With Peak Predicted Around 2027

EHT Pinpoints Likely Base of M87’s 3,000-Light-Year Jet Near Black Hole

New Spectrograph Reveals Mars-Mass Iron Bar in the Ring Nebula

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet at z=7.3

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

Hubble and Juice Capture New Views of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Ahead of Dec. 19 Flyby

Avi Loeb Reports 16.16-Hour 'Heartbeat' in 3I/ATLAS Light Curve

Saturn's Rings Seem to Vanish in Rare Edge-On Alignment on Nov. 23–24

Webb Unveils Red Spider Nebula’s Closed Lobes, Iron‑Traced Jet, and Shrouded Core

First Radio-Bright Tidal Disruption Event Found Outside a Galaxy’s Core Shows Record-Fast Flares

First Radio Image Resolves Two Supermassive Black Holes in Quasar OJ287

Webb Study Detects Auroral Heating and Sub‑5°C Weather Shifts on Rogue Planet SIMP‑0136

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

ALMA Finds Giant Gas Streamers Feeding a Massive Young Star

Astronomers Confirm Rare Quadruple System Pairing Two Red Dwarfs With Two T-Type Brown Dwarfs

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone