James Webb Space Telescope’s mysterious ‘little red dots’ may be black holes in disguise

“If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe.”

Massive supernova explosion may have created a binary black hole

“Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries.”

NASA X-ray instrument finds black holes act like ‘cosmic seesaws’ shaping the universe

“We’re seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole’s accretion flow.”

How Mars’ ancient lakes grew shields of ice to stay warm as the Red Planet froze

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

Unusual ‘ingredients’ helped stars form in a galaxy near the Milky Way

Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual “ingredients,” raising questions about how the early universe evolved.

The universe should be packed with tiny galaxies — so where are they?

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big implications for the story of how our universe grew up.

The US really wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. ‘Achieving this future requires harnessing nuclear power,’ NASA chief says

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have firmed up their commitment to develop a nuclear reactor for use on the surface of the moon by 2030.

Astronomers watch 2 supermassive black holes caught in a twisted dance with never-before-seen jet behavior

“This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used to understand the physics that govern black hole jets.”