OpinionJune 27, 2024
JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Offer Astronomers the Universe’s Weirdest Puzzle
The James Webb Space Telescope’s search for the earliest stars and black holes has yielded a very weird, very red, puzzle
Stories by Fabio Pacucci
Fabio Pacucci is an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, where he holds the Clay and Black Hole Initiative fellowships.
OpinionSeptember 21, 2023
JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes
Black holes in the extraordinarily distant cosmos are out of tune with their host galaxies, offering insights into their formation
OpinionApril 4, 2023
JWST’s Smashing Success Shifts Focus to Astronomy’s Blind Spots
Looming gaps in astronomers’ views of the heavens could undercut the revolutionary potential of NASA’s latest, greatest space telescope
OpinionNovember 16, 2022
Invisible Numbers Are the Most Beautiful Part of Every ‘Space’ Image
We are drawn to breathtaking images of the heavens, but there is beauty in the numbers those images hold
OpinionJuly 15, 2022
How Taking Pictures of ‘Nothing’ Changed Astronomy
Deep-field images of “empty” regions of the sky from JWST and other space telescopes are revealing more of the universe than we ever thought possible
OpinionJuly 1, 2022
Why Do Astronomers Seek the Most Distant Galaxies?
By finding and studying the universe’s oldest objects, we can reveal hidden fundamental chapters of cosmic history