Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of ...

Earlier this month Vodeb and his colleagues published the findings of their cosmic bubble simulation in Nature Physics. Using ...

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Learn how forces deep underground generate a protective bubble between us and space.

"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the cosmic web through direct measurements." Astronomers have imaged a ...

Lake Tanganyika, located along the East African Rift, is over 400 miles long, the deepest lake in Africa, and holds 16% of ...

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

NASA releases stunning composite image of 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, showcasing thousands of young stars, energetic ...

In future, it might also be used to shield astronauts from the hazard of deadly cosmic radiation on long space voyages. One of the major hazards of space travel is prolonged exposure to radiation.