The Universe

New findings about this universe:

https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-confirms-universe-is-expanding-an...

First of a number of new findings about the Andromeda galaxy:

https://www.popsci.com/science/andromeda-galaxy-sound-images/

A new type of stellar object:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/newly-discovered-cosmic-unicorn-is-a-spinning-de...

Real time view of NASA's deep space network activity:

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/dsn.html

Oldest known black hole was just found:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/scientists-find-oldest-known-black-h...

A new pattern of activity for dark energy:

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-universe-expansion-evidence-mounts-dark.html

Stellar nurseries in three dimensions:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/map-stellar-nurseries-gaia-telescope

New type of information on a supernova:

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-unique-star-explosion-revealed-day.html

Findings on dark matter:

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-code-scientists-dark-halos.html

Galaxies collide:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-telescopes-capture-colliding-spi...

Mindbending astronomy photos from 2025:

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/most-stunning-pictures-space-2025-2025-12-17/

Happy New Year!

A new observational space technology is introduced:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-spherex-observatory-completes-first-cosmic-m...

One of the news articles on the NASA discoveries about “Cloud 9”:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cloud-9-new-astronomical-object-discovered-hubble-t...

2026 event calendar from The Planetary Society:

https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2026

More help for the James Webb space observatory:

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasas-newest-telescope-will-play-an-outsiz...

Science paper exploring the 2023 energetic neutrino detection at a Mediterranean sea sensor:

https://gizmodo.com/something-unimaginably-powerful-slammed-into-earth-in-2023-s...

Megastructures throughout the universe:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-12-04-astronomers-spot-one-largest-spinning-struc...

If you have *lots* of free time, the Vera Rubin Observatory now has a science app for you:

https://rubinobservatory.org/news/first-alerts

The Random Universe by Andrew M. Jaffe

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300250503/the-random-universe/

A new map:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-just-finished-the-biggest...

New understanding on the formation of solar systems and star clusters:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/new-james-webb-space-...

A new view of the Pleiades:

https://www.space.com/stargazing/astrophotography/astrophotographer-captures-ple...

This news article originated on the Scientific American website, but is paywalled there:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/universe-could-18-possible-shapes-12...

The unique Serpens constellation, best viewed a few weeks from now:

https://earthsky.org/constellations/serpens-the-snake-2-pieces-serpens-cauda-ser...

Images captured via telescopes at SETI:

https://www.seti.org/news/planetary-picture-of-the-day-week-of-may-25-2026/

New intergalactic turmoil:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/galaxies/trouble-near-the-milky-way-the-large-ma...