Walkabout the Galaxy

A new distance record has been set with the help of the JWST, spotting the distant (and therefore ancient) galaxy that produced an enigmatic fast radio burst or FURBY, detected by radio telescopes in 2024. This opens a new frontier for probing the early universe as those radio waves travel across and interact with galaxies, clusters, and the intergalactic medium before reachi...

An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting its star in the opposite direction of its star's rotation, a phenomenon that previously has only been observed in the presence of another star or massive sub-stellar object that can rotate the plane of planet's orbit. In this case, no such obvious explanation exists, suggesting that after the star formed an entire new planet formation...