NASA
NASA's new PRIMA telescope will peer into the far-infrared universe, bridging gaps between Webb and radio telescopes - because the cosmos wasn't going to explain itself.
Ars Technica
Chariklo's rings pulled a disappearing act - one got denser, the other nearly vanished - and astronomers are blaming a possibly imaginary moon.
Ars Technica
From cosmic oddities to edible plastic cookies, this month's science roundup proves that the universe is weirder - and more delicious - than we thought.
BBC World
NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman telescope is off to see 100 times more of the universe than Hubble, because apparently, we needed more cosmic real estate to ignore.
NASA
NASA's Roman telescope is launching with 1.3 million names, a 300-megapixel camera, and a plan to see everything from exoplanets to dark energy - because why not?
NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope gives us a lion-headed nebula, proving that even dying stars have better hair days than we do.
ScienceDaily
Astronomers may have figured out what those little red dots are - and they're not just dots. They might be hiding entire galaxies behind their bright, compact cores.
The Guardian Europe
Astronomers discover a black hole wearing a star's clothing, and it's 30 billion light-years away - so don't worry, your day is still normal.
NASA
NASA's telescopes combine forces to create a cosmic collage of the Tarantula Nebula, revealing that the universe is even more complicated - and colorful - than we thought.
The Verge
New OMB proposal gives political appointees control over science grants, threatening open access and allowing grant termination for political reasons - because who needs peer review when you have memes?
Ars Technica
A Jupiter-size planet that survived its star's death is hotter than it should be, suggesting it was reheated by gravitational interactions billions of years later.
Ars Technica
Smithsonian's VR tour takes you to a hell planet, a black hole, and the Big Bang, but the headset could use an upgrade.
ScienceDaily
JWST finds salt clouds on a pink, possibly-planet 57 light-years away, confirming a 15-year-old prediction and proving the universe has a taste for seasoning.
ScienceDaily
Saturn's spin mystery was a case of aurora-induced atmospheric trickery, solved by JWST's unprecedented infrared temperature maps - a classic planetary heat pump.
Ars Technica
JWST finds a supermassive black hole from 700 million years after the Big Bang that's basically all black hole, no galaxy - because the Universe has a sense of humor.
Ars Technica
Astronomers using the Webb telescope and a gravitational lens spot a galaxy from 800 million years post-Big Bang that's so chemically primitive it might be a fossil of the Universe's first stars.
ScienceDaily
NASA's JWST delivers the clearest map of the universe's cosmic web, revealing galaxy evolution from a billion years old - essentially giving the cosmos a sharper LinkedIn profile photo.
ScienceDaily
JWST finds a dark, barren super-Earth with no atmosphere, likely resembling an oversized Mercury - and definitely not a place you'd want to visit.
ScienceDaily
The James Webb Space Telescope has found unexpected water ice clouds on a Jupiter-like exoplanet, proving that even alien gas giants can have complicated, cloudy days.
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