Cloud-9 is a new type of object: a failed galaxy
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Cloud-9 is the 1st example astronomers have found of a failed galaxy. Hubble found the galaxy contains no stars, but it is home to dark matter.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:49 +0000
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
Reported by NASA
Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00 +0000
Does Free Will Exist? Part 1: The Clockwork Universe
Reported by Universe Today
Check this out. There are some experiments that just make you…stop. That make you reconsider everything you’ve ever known....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:05 +0000
Astronomers Discover a Bright Supernova Using Gravitational Lensing for the First Time
Reported by Universe Today
An international team of astronomers using a combination of ground-based telescopes, including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, has discovered the first-ever spatially resolved, gravitationally lensed superluminous supernova. The ob...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:54 +0000
As Puzzling As A Platypus: The JWST Finds Some Hard To Categorize Objects
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers found a handful of unusual objects in JWST survey data. These 9 point sources are being called 'Astronomy's Platypus' because, like the animal, they seem to defy categorization. They're not like active galactic nuclei, and they're not like star...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:44 +0000
Supernova Remnant Video From NASA’s Chandra Is Decades in Making
Reported by NASA
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades. Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, named after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, was first sp...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:30 +0000