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The James Webb Space Telescope detects violent collisions between neutron stars

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An illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging.

An illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have traced an incredibly bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) back to its source, a violent collision between two neutron stars. The ring on her finger likely contains atoms forged in neutron star collisions like this one, also known as … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope detects the most distant active supermassive black hole ever seen

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected the most distant active supermassive black hole to date. The galaxy that hosts the ancient black hole, CEERS 1019, formed quite early in the history of the universe, just 570 million years after the Big Bang. The active supermassive black hole at the center of CEERS 1019 … Read more