​ James Webb Space Telescope explores monster star supercluster Westerlund 1 (image) (Image Credit: Space.com) Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a deep drive into a highly intriguing and massive young stellar cluster in the

​ Webb observations explore the Westerlund 1 star cluster (Image Credit: Phys.org) RGB NIRCam image of Westerlund 1. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.13051 An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe

​ Investigating how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so

​ Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving (Image Credit: Phys.org) The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, early the morning of Friday, Oct.. 11, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File This

​ An improved quantification of the intergalactic medium and cosmic filaments (Image Credit: Phys.org) Smoothed 0.3–1.2 keV eROSITA count rate map of the analysis footprint. The missing pixels show source-masked regions. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450933

​ Scientists reveal possible role of iron sulfides in creating life in terrestrial hot springs (Image Credit: Phys.org) Scanning transmission electron microscopy reveals characteristics of the iron sulfide (mackinawite) catalyst. Credit: NIGPAS An international team of scientists has

​ Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source (Image Credit: Phys.org) Optical monitoring of RX J0513.9−6951. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.14273 Using ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, German astronomers have observed a supersoft X-ray