The Universe

NASA’s Chandra Identifies an Underachieving Black Hole

NASA’s Chandra Identifies an Underachieving Black Hole

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This image shows a quasar, a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, which is not achieving what astronomers would expect from it, as reported in ...

The universe is twice as old as anyone thought, study suggests

The universe is twice as old as anyone thought, study suggests

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The universe might be twice as old as we thought. (Getty Images) The universe might be almost twice as old as we ...

NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf

NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf ...

NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, ...