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Giant impact could have formed the moon more rapidly, new simulations indicate

Scientists have used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an alternative explanation for the moon’s origin. The study suggests a giant impact could have formed a moon-like body more rapidly, placing it into orbit around the ...

04 Oct 2022 at 15:18

James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

Swirling hot sand clouds have been detected on a distant planet by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers pinpointed silicate cloud features in the distant planet’s atmosphere. They found that the atmosphere is constantly rising, ...

22 Mar 2023 at 17:24

Cosmic explosion that blinded space instruments ‘may be the brightest ever seen’

A cosmic explosion two billion light years from Earth that blinded space instruments may be the brightest ever seen, astronomers have said. The blast produced a pulse of intense radiation that swept through the solar system in October ...

28 Mar 2023 at 21:24

James Webb Space Telescope detects ‘most distant active supermassive black hole’

Researchers have discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole to date with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The CEERS 1019 galaxy existed about 570 million years after the Big Bang, and its black hole is less ...

06 Jul 2023 at 15:00

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Irish astronomers aided ‘remarkable discovery’ of new planet

The unexpected detection of a new planet has been hailed as a “remarkable discovery” by Irish astronomers who were involved in its identification. The newly spotted planet, named WISPIT 2b, is estimated to be about five million ...

26 Aug 2025 at 11:00

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