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JWST Reveals Intricate Dust Rings of Dying Star Nebula

Thanks to mid-infrared images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the center of NGC 1514 were fully visible.

16 Apr 2025

Unveiling the Secrets of Active Galactic Nuclei

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest direct infrared images of active galactic nuclei using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

20 Jan 2025

New Research Reveals Potential Subsurface Oceans on Uranus’ Moons

Combining libration and gravity data, researchers propose that Uranian moons may harbor subsurface oceans.

4 Dec 2024

Physicists Propose New Approach that Could Unlock Barriers to Global Scale Quantum Network

Interference (excess noise) to quantum signals from sunlight has slowed down the creation of a global scale quantum communications network but now physicists at Heriot-Watt University have proposed a way to tackle this ‘daylight noise’ issue, paving the way for all-day satellite transmission.

29 Nov 2024

How Android Phones Are Transforming Space Research and GPS Technology

Engineers transformed smartphones into scientific instruments, mapping the ionosphere and enhancing GPS accuracy using real-time data from millions of devices.

28 Nov 2024

Telescope Leverages BitFlow Frame Grabber in Search for Life Supporting Atmospheres

SPECULOOS is a project led by the University of Liège, Belgium and carried out in partnership with the University of Cambridge, UK, the University of Birmingham, UK, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, the University of Bern, Switzerland, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, Spain, and the European Southern Observatory.

27 Nov 2024