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last mo.

JWST Finds 50‑Million‑Sun Black Hole Outgrowing Its Tiny Host

Lensed NIRSpec spectra yield a direct dynamical mass that points to heavy‑seed or primordial origins, challenging standard black hole–galaxy coevolution models.

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3mo ago

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

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8mo ago

Peer-Reviewed Study Models Early-Universe Collapse Into Primordial Black Holes and Exotic Stars

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8mo ago

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

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9mo ago

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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9mo ago

Gaia Data Yields Most Accurate 3D Map of Nearby Stellar Nurseries

8 ARTICLES

9mo ago

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

4 ARTICLES

10mo ago

Webb Releases Multiwavelength View of the 'Butterfly Star,' Revealing Dust Settling in a Planet-Building Disk

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10mo ago

Brightest Fast Radio Burst Traced to 13-Parsec Region in Galaxy NGC 4141

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11mo ago

James Webb Uncovers Massive Early Galaxies and a Fading Exoplanet Candidate

8 ARTICLES

11mo ago

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

11 ARTICLES

11mo ago

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

5 ARTICLES

11mo ago

Astronomers Capture Earliest Stage of Planet Formation Around HOPS-315

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this yr.

UK Radio Array Captures Missing Pebble Stage of Planet Formation

7 ARTICLES

last yr.

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

4 ARTICLES

last yr.

Astronomers Model 21-Centimeter Signal to Reveal Masses of Universe’s First Stars

Stellar Formation

JWST Finds 50‑Million‑Sun Black Hole Outgrowing Its Tiny Host

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Lab-Made Cosmic Dust Matches Space Signatures in Peer-Reviewed Study

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet, SN Eos at Redshift 5.133

Scientists Detect Largest Known Rotating Filament in the Cosmic Web

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

Peer-Reviewed Study Models Early-Universe Collapse Into Primordial Black Holes and Exotic Stars

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

Gaia Data Yields Most Accurate 3D Map of Nearby Stellar Nurseries

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Stellar Formation

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Webb Releases Multiwavelength View of the 'Butterfly Star,' Revealing Dust Settling in a Planet-Building Disk

Brightest Fast Radio Burst Traced to 13-Parsec Region in Galaxy NGC 4141

James Webb Uncovers Massive Early Galaxies and a Fading Exoplanet Candidate

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

Astronomers Capture Earliest Stage of Planet Formation Around HOPS-315

UK Radio Array Captures Missing Pebble Stage of Planet Formation

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

Astronomers Model 21-Centimeter Signal to Reveal Masses of Universe’s First Stars

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Stellar Formation