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The Astrophysical Journal

open deep space computer model black hole image
Space

Dark matter dominating halos of supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away

Amit Malewar

New insight into the relationship between dark matter and supermassive black holes.

A: Protoplanetary Disks in NGC 346 (NIRCam Image)
Space

Conundrum solved: NASA’s Webb finds planet-forming disks lived longer in Early Universe

Amit Malewar

A different environment in early times.

20000-galaxies
Space

Webb telescope’s most extensive study of universe expansion challenges cosmic theory

Amit Malewar

The findings offer a crucial cross-check for previous Hubble Space Telescope measurements.

WASP-69 b Tail
Space

A planet with a ‘tail’

Amit Malewar

It leaving a trail of gas in its wake.

Scenic view of star field and galaxy against sky at night
Space

Astronomers detect ultraviolet emissions from novae in Andromeda galaxy

Amit Malewar

Cosmic Arsenal.

Spiderweb protocluster
Space

Record breaking: Webb may have discovered the earliest galaxies ever seen

Amit Malewar

Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field.

components of the Milky Way
Space

Scientists unveiled the veil of fiery gas around the disc of the Milky Way

Amit Malewar

The atoms in this hot gas would absorb and produce shadow signals.

This image from the ALMA telescope shows star system HD101584
Space

First, white dwarf-main sequence binaries in clusters reveal new insights into stellar evolution

Amit Malewar

This breakthrough offers new insights into an extreme phase of stellar evolution.

Nebula Milkyway and galaxies in space
Space

The oldest galaxies are large and bright, supporting alternative gravity theory

Amit Malewar

New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation.

Betelgeuse
Space

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse! Binary Star

Pranjal Malewar

Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a ‘betelbuddy’ stellar companion.

378 satellites
Space

Is the Milky Way galaxy special?

Amit Malewar

New insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Black Hole Duo
Space

NASA’s Hubble and Chandra detected supermassive black hole duo

Amit Malewar

These are located approximately 300 light-years apart.

spinning star
Space

Collapsing stars could be the new source of detectable gravitational wave

Amit Malewar

These new sources of gravitational waves just await discovery.

Purple lens flare with hexagon
Space

New details about the size and appearance of the North Star

Amit Malewar

New view of North star reveals spotted surface.

NGC 3972
Space

Universe’s model may hold up after all, suggests Webb’s data

Amit Malewar

There may not be a ‘Hubble tension’!

Giant radio source illustration universe
Space

Breakthrough: 34 new Giant Radio Sources discovered

Amit Malewar

Two of these objects defy the widely accepted notion about their environments.

Illustration of terraformed planet.
Space

Artificial greenhouse gases could signal alien activity

Amit Malewar

Detecting intelligent life that's light years away.

Serpens Nebula (NIRCam image)
Space

Alignment of bipolar jets confirms star formation theories

Editorial Team

For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to image directly has been captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed...

Magnetic fields in the halo of the Milky Way
Space

Giant magnetic toroids found in Milky Way’s Halo

Amit Malewar

A new understanding of the physics of our Milky Way.

Space

Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars

Amit Malewar

The observations suggest some of earliest “monster” black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.

stars orbiting close to the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole
Space

Astrophysicists traced the violent journeys of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central black hole

Amit Malewar

Stellar collisions produce strange, zombie-like survivors.

two supermassive black holes
Space

An obscure class of galaxies briefly awakens sleeping supermassive black holes

Amit Malewar

Radio observations of Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) provide new clues about their origins.

3D simulations of X-ray bursts on the surfaces of neutron stars
Space

3D simulations of X-ray bursts on the surfaces of neutron stars

Amit Malewar

Exploring exotic stellar phenomena.

Gaia unravels two ancient streams of stars in the Milky Way
Space

Ancient threads of the Milky Way galaxy unveiled

Amit Malewar

Truly ancient fragments.

Quixotic Quasar Illumination
Space

Largest-ever map of the universe’s active supermassive black holes

Amit Malewar

New “quasar catalog” serves as a 3D history book of the universe.

Stars in the universe
Space

Our universe has no dark matter, study

Amit Malewar

Study challenges the current model of the universe.

Giant quasar and little red dots
Space

Webb detected little giants in the deep past

Amit Malewar

Baby quasars: Growing supermassive black holes.

Artist’s Impression of Heaviest Supermassive Binary Black Hole
Space

Heaviest black hole pair ever found

Amit Malewar

This massive pair gives clues as to why such an event seems so unlikely in the Universe.

The concept of a galaxy with exoplanets
Science

Scientists identified carbon monoxide (CO)-runaway gap to identify habitable exoplanets

Pranjal Malewar

This gap is identified through atmospheric modeling.

outflow of molecular gas
Space

ALMA spots the shadow of a molecular outflow from a quasar in the early Universe

Amit Malewar

Gas on the run!

Recent Stories

Cultural identity and resilience: Insights into the meaning of life

Psychology

A stunning Einstein ring hiding in plain sight in a galaxy not far away

Space

Moderate-to-vigorous childhood exercise may delay the start of smoking

Health

Historic breakthrough: Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time

Technology

Qubits to qudits: A new device uses quantum principles to relay information securely

Quantum Physics