JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ explained
Visualisation of the simulation by ATERUI III showing a rapidly growing black hole surrounded by gas. Red indicates areas of higher temperature. Credit: Sunmyon Chon, Takaaki Takeda, 4D2U Project, NAOJ. The Japanese supercomputer ATERUI III has explained the James...
Two planets spotted forming in disc around young star
This image shows two planets being born around the young star WISPIT 2. These observations were made with the SPHERE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). SPHERE can directly image exoplanets by correcting atmospheric turbulence and blocking the light from...
Vanishing star turns directly into a black hole
An illustration of a star that collapsed, forming a black hole. The black hole is at the centre, unseen. Surrounding it is a dust shell moving away from the black hole and gas being pulled toward it. Credit: Keith Miller, Caltech/ IPAC – SELab. A team of astronomers...