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James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act like teenagers'

Astronomers have obtained their most detailed look yet at young galaxies in the early universe using the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The conclusion? These cosmic adolescents grew up incredibly fast. The team behind this research observed 18 galaxies located around 12.5 billion light-years away over a range of wavelengths of…
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Comet Wierzchos buzzes the sun later today: But can you see it?

Solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) makes its closest approach to the sun today (Jan. 20) during an event known as perihelion, when it will pass a little over half the Earth-sun distance from our parent star, causing it to brighten significantly. Comet Wierzchos makes…
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This is the sharpest view ever seen of a black hole's dusty disk

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its clearest view yet of a supermassive black hole’s immediate surroundings, NASA announced Tuesday (Jan. 13). The snapshots show that the intense infrared glow in active galaxies comes not from powerful outflows, as long assumed, but from a dense disk of gas and dust feeding the black hole, NASA said in a statement. The findings come from James…
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Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun, new simulations reveal

Deep beneath Jupiter’s stormy skies lies a crucial clue to how all the planets in our solar system formed. In a new study, scientists used advanced computer models to peer beneath Jupiter’s dense swirling cloud tops and tackle a question that has lingered for decades: How much oxygen does the gas giant actually contain? The study suggests that Jupiter holds about one and a half times…
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DJI Neo 2 drone review

Just a year after the DJI Neo was released, DJI hasn’t wasted any time in producing a new and seriously improved version, the DJI Neo 2. It’s not often we see a drone model replaced so quickly, but it seems that DJI is keen to dominate the selfie drone market. This includes the impressive HoverAir X1 Pro and ProMax models. With the new features, which include improved camera…
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