Isaac Schultz
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Ig Nobel Prizes for Unusual Science Feature Fossil Lickers, ‘Stanford Toilet’, and Corpse Nose Hairs
The annual awards for quirky scientific research were given out this week, and as usual, they blended the bizarre, humorous, and unexpectedly insightful. → Read More
Webb Telescope Data Confirms ‘Hubble Tension’ Is Not Hubble Telescope’s Fault
The newer space observatory found that the rate of the universe’s expansion is still not adding up. → Read More
Webb Telescope—Galactic Paparazzo—Scores Image of Young Star’s Bipolar Jet
The space observatory’s latest target is one of the youngest known protostellar outflows. → Read More
Australian Radio Telescope Spots Possible ‘Polar Ring’ Galaxy
The galaxy appears to be surrounded by a halo of gas, dust, and stars. → Read More
Webb Telescope Sees Tantalizing Molecular Signals on Possible Water World
Dimethyl sulfide is only known to be produced by living things on Earth, but the signature requires further investigation. → Read More
How to Spot the Ephemeral Cometary Visitor Nishimura
The comet won’t return for over 400 years, and tomorrow morning is your best chance to witness this celestial spectacle in our lifetime. → Read More
MOXIE, NASA’s Oxygen-Producing Experiment on Mars, Ends Operations
The project was designed to showcase on-site resource utilization at the Red Planet, and it did just that. → Read More
X-Ray Telescope Spots Black Hole Slowly Devouring a Star
The black hole devoured an equivalent of three Earth masses during its nine observed bites of the star over several months in 2022. → Read More
Hundreds of Thousands of Stars Shine in New Hubble Space Telescope Image
Light from the globular cluster Terzan 12 is distorted by gas and dust, casting the image in a reddish hue. → Read More
Astronomers Spot Most Distant Galactic Magnetic Field Ever With Giant Desert Telescope
The ancient galaxy's magnetic field, 16,000 light-years across, is the furthest astronomers have ever detected. → Read More
Webb Telescope Spots Eye-Shaped Supernova With a Messy Filling
A luminous oval approximately 163,000 light-years distant poses a formidable challenge for the state-of-the-art space observatory. → Read More
Perplexing Pulsar ‘Switching’ Behavior Finally Deciphered by Astronomers
The spinning, dead star was emitting radiation in two modes, and a team of scientists believes it knows why. → Read More
What to Know About Wednesday’s ‘Super Blue Moon’
The supermoon is the second this month after August 1’s "Sturgeon Moon." → Read More
Webb Telescope Data Suggests There May Not Be a Ton of Supermassive Black Holes
A deep look at the Extended Groth Strip suggests the universe may be a more stable place than previously thought. → Read More
Webb Space Telescope Drops Two Spellbinding Shots of the Ring Nebula
Images taken by the telescopes NIRCam and MIRI instruments show the gassy structure as never before. → Read More
Lifespans of Rivers Revealed on Titan and Ancient Mars
Space imagery is revealing water and methane rivers past and present. → Read More
Astronomers Surprised By a Distant Black Hole Roaring Back to Life
The distant object suddenly started feeding after a prolonged silence. → Read More
Webb Space Telescope Discovers Farthest Active Supermassive Black Hole Known
The extreme object dates to about 570 million years after the Big Bang, and is relatively small by supermassive standards. → Read More
New Theory Suggests Hardy Tardigrades Evolved From Ancient Worms
A study of 40 tardigrade species and their ancestors suggests that ancestral tardigrades were clawed and worm-like. → Read More
Webb Telescope Spots Potential Fuel for Early Universe in Supernovae Debris
Dust reservoirs spewed by two stellar deaths show how stars might be born. → Read More