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Nicknamed Porphyrion after a giant in Greek mythology, the jet megastructure dates to a time when the universe was 6.3 ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That ...

A Milky Way-sized galaxy from the early universe appears to have stopped producing any new stars because a supermassive black ...

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History opens its newest exhibit featuring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ...

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2027, aims to capture high-resolution images of galaxies and cosmic ...

NASA's Webb Peers Into the Extreme Outer Galaxy Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this ...

The largest-ever black hole jets ever seen hint that these cosmic monsters may play an even more significant role in shaping galaxies than previously thought.

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek ...

Astronomers have identified the largest black hole jet structure known, named Porphyrion, stretching 23 million light-years ...

In any globular cluster, all its stars formed at the same time, from the same cloud of gas. The Milky Way has around 150 ...