Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped gas orbiting a black hole in the tiny galaxy Abell2744-QSO1, finding evidence that the black hole was already enormous before its host galaxy had fully formed. The object sits more than 13 billion light-years away and appears as it was about 700 million years after…
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The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has put a stark number on one of Earth science’s biggest blind spots: only 28% of the ocean floor has been mapped with acoustic precision. That leaves most of the planet’s seabed described through broader satellite-based estimates, even as detailed maps of Mars and the Moon can show features…
A study in Advanced Intelligent Discovery has revealed a way to interpret AI models used in materials research, showing how they connect atomic structure with the way materials absorb light. Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo developed the method to extract learned features from a trained model, then group materials that share similar structures…
The European Space Agency has mounted a Solar System-wide observing campaign for Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor discovered on July 1, 2025. After automated detection systems alerted astronomers to the object, ESA teams quickly began tracking it with telescopes on Earth and spacecraft already operating across space. The campaign turned an unexpected visitor into…
