In 1964, two radio engineers at Bell Labs, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, were trying to calibrate a sensitive antenna. They kept picking up an odd hiss of noise, no matter where they pointed the instrument. At first they blamed pigeons nesting in the dish. But when they ruled out all local interference, they realized […]
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In a discovery that sounds straight out of science fiction, astronomers have spotted a galaxy shaped like the infinity symbol and nestled in its luminous heart may be the first directly observed newborn supermassive black hole. This cosmic twist was uncovered by a team led by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum, who dubbed the galaxy […]
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The wonders of space continue to amaze scientists and space lovers alike. A new discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has generated new excitement and curiosity among the scientific community. It suggests that the universe might be inside a huge black hole, making researchers rethink what they know about the universe and how it […]
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This new weekly column seeks to bring science into view — its ideas, discoveries, and debates — every Tuesday. We’ll journey through the cosmos, across the quantum world, and alongside the tools that shape our understanding of reality. K2-18b, orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation Leo, is located about 120 light-years away. It […]
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This week has been a big leap for science. With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have detected the presence of at least one of two molecules of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b, located some 124 light years away. DMS and […]
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A massive asteroid that was earlier reported to collide with Earth in 2032 may not smash into our home planet after all. According to the latest reports, the asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a near chance of 4 per cent of impacting the Moon. Observations conducted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope give some new […]
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ISRO’s plans for Mars return During a presentation on ISRO’s future missions, Anil Bharadwaj, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, announced that the space agency planned to send a probe to the red planet. According to the initial plans charted out by the Indian space agency, it will build a lunar lander and rover […]
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MIRI mechanism issue On August 24, Webb engineers discovered that a grating wheel mechanism which supports the telescope’s “medium-resolution spectroscopy” (MRS) mode was showing signs of increased friction. The wheel is only used for one of the telescope’s four modes, which includes imaging, low-resolution spectroscopy, coronagraphic imaging and MRS. After preliminary health checks and investigations, […]
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This is not an illustration of dementors from the Harry Potter universe, nor is it a digital artist’s imagination of what spirits look like. This is actually an image of the pillars of creation—clouds of interstellar gas in the Eagle Nebula—captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in the mid-infrared spectrum. These pillars were first […]
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The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing two galaxies plunging into one another in a galactic merger. The galactic merger is named IC 1623 and lies around 270 million light-years away from us in the constellation Cetus. Starburst caused by galactic merger By colliding into […]
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