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A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.

Nicknamed Porphyrion after a giant in Greek mythology, the jet megastructure dates to a time when the universe was 6.3 ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That ...

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A Milky Way-sized galaxy from the early universe appears to have stopped producing any new stars because a supermassive black ...

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NASA's Webb Peers Into the Extreme Outer Galaxy Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this ...

The largest-ever black hole jets ever seen hint that these cosmic monsters may play an even more significant role in shaping galaxies than previously thought.

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek ...

Astronomers have identified the largest black hole jet structure known, named Porphyrion, stretching 23 million light-years ...