These two properties of axions mean that they are exceptionally good at collapsing down to incredibly high densities, pulled together by their own (slight) gravity. Essentially, they can form a kind ...

"The diversity of ways that white dwarf stars can blow up is much greater than previously expected." There are a lot of ways ...

The discovery of potential dark stars comes from the James Webb Space Telescope, the most advanced observatory ever built for studying the universe’s distant past. Using its powerful infrared ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...