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ALMA Unveils Record 650-Light-Year Mosaic of the Milky Way’s Turbulent Core

The release maps dozens of molecules plus vast gas filaments, refining how star formation operates near the galactic black hole.

JWST Confirms MoM‑z14, Most Distant Galaxy Yet, at Redshift 14.44

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet, SN Eos at Redshift 5.133

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

Precessing Black Hole Jet in VV 340a Drives Vast Outflow in Young Disk Galaxy

JWST and ALMA Reveal Early Massive Galaxy Quenched by Black Hole Starvation

JWST Reveals Nine Distant ‘Platypus’ Galaxies With Star-Like Profiles and Galaxy-Like Spectra

Nature Study Finds Early Galaxy Cluster With Gas Five Times Hotter Than Models Allow

JWST Spots Record-Distant Supernova Tied to March Gamma-Ray Burst

JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

Scientists Run First Full-GR Radiation-Transport Simulations of Luminous Black Hole Accretion

Researchers Identify Compact 'Inner Kernel' in the Kuiper Belt at 43 AU

ALMA Measures Superheated Dust in Extreme Early-Universe Galaxy

Peer-Reviewed Study Models Early-Universe Collapse Into Primordial Black Holes and Exotic Stars

Astronomers Report Most Metal-Poor Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

JWST Study Points to Earendel Being a Compact Star Cluster

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

Researchers Poised to Decode Cosmic Dawn’s 21-Centimeter Signal