Astronomers have detected what may be the most distant galaxy ever observed — a faint glimmer from just 280 million years after the Big Bang.
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the Pillars of Creation in a new infrared portrait, piercing through dust to expose thousands of never-before-seen young stars embedded within these towering columns of gas and cosmic material.
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Spectroscopic analysis of the sub-Neptune world reveals methane and carbon dioxide in proportions consistent with biological processes.
Dark MatterThe Dark Energy Survey's final data release charts the distribution of dark matter across a third of the sky using gravitational lensing.
AstrophysicsLIGO and Virgo detect a rare kilonova event, confirming neutron star collisions as a major source of heavy elements like gold and platinum.
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