“Little red dots are a hot topic in astronomy. You can compare studies of people trying to understand LRDs to the tale of blind people who are trying to describe an elephant by touching it, and each person describes it differently based on what part they’re touching,” Smadar Naoz, an astrophysicist at the University of … Read more
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the emission nebula LHA 120-N44, a vast cosmic structure located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado, according to Hubble astronomers. Situated within the Large Magellanic Cloud—a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that lies 163,000 light-years from the Sun, according to constellation-guide.com—the … Read more
According to researchers published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, a newly discovered star designated S301 is racing around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, at speeds reaching roughly 15,534 miles per second. Discovered in data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama … Read more
Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that IRS 3—a bloated giant star orbiting just 0.55 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*—is actively forging silicate dust and harboring water molecules despite one of the most extreme radiation environments in the galaxy, according to a study … Read more
The AGN Channel: A New Theory for Planet and Star Formation Astronomers have identified a novel environment for celestial formation: the dust-rich tori surrounding active galactic nuclei (AGN). According to research published in the Astrophysical Journal, these energetic cores—powered by feeding supermassive black holes—may host millions of planetary-mass objects. A team from New Mexico State … Read more
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a strange red object dating from 660 million years after the Big Bang that MIT researchers believe is a newly identified class of object: a black hole star, a massive black hole wrapped in a dense hydrogen gas cocoon that shines with the power of 100 … Read more
Astronomers have identified the faintest shock breakout flash ever tied to a supernova of this type, designated EP260321a, which occurred 515 million light-years away. Detected by the Einstein Probe on March 21, 2026, the event challenges existing models of stellar death by appearing to bridge the gap between ordinary supernovae and the universe’s most energetic … Read more
The observable universe is significantly larger than its age in light-years because space has continuously expanded while light travels toward Earth. While the universe is approximately 13.77 billion years old, the distance to the edge of the observable universe is roughly 45 billion light-years. This discrepancy exists because the expansion of space itself carries distant … Read more
The Milky Way may have undergone a massive, slow-motion structural shift, with its stellar disc rotating more than 90 degrees over billions of years. Research presented by Kirill Batrakov of Durham University at the 2026 National Astronomy Meeting suggests this galactic “somersault” was likely triggered by a historic collision with the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus galaxy, leaving the … Read more
Samsung will host its next Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22, focusing on the latest iterations of its foldable smartphone lineup. The event is expected to feature the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 series, along with new wearable updates, according to reports from Android Headlines and industry leakers. Galaxy Z Fold 8: … Read more