Dec. 24—WEBB CITY, Mo. — A Webb City man is accused of threatening his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child and holding her against his will after bringing over gifts. Zachary John Minck, 37, is charged with armed criminal action and second-degree kidnapping. According to the police, on Thursday, Dec. 21, Minck went to […]
On Christmas morning two years ago, astronomers and space fans received the gift they’d been waiting on for 30 years: the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the world’s biggest, most daring endeavor to probe the earliest stars and galaxies in the universe. This year, the space observatory has continued to deliver breathtaking […]
Two supernovas in a galaxy, and one that’s so utterly far away that we see it as it was 10 billion years ago, could be vital in helping reveal the expansion rate of the universe. This is a measurement that has rather created some tension among the scientific community. The galaxy and the two supernovas […]
Something is awry in our expanding cosmos. Nearly a century ago, the astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered the balloon-like inflation of the universe and the accelerating rush of all galaxies away from each other. Following that expansion backward in time led to our current best understanding of how everything began — the Big Bang. But over […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the oldest black hole ever seen, an ancient monster with the mass of 1.6 million suns lurking 13 billion years in the universe’s past. The James Webb Space Telescope, whose cameras enable it to look back in time to our universe’s beginnings, spotted the supermassive black hole at the center […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere to be seen in the planet’s […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a treat to celebrate the upcoming second anniversary of its launch. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), which operate the craft alongside the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), shared a recent image of the icy planet Uranus. The picture, resembling a glowing blue marble rippling into a black […]
They may not be the gold rings from “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but Uranus and its rings stand resplendent in this stunning portrait from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It’s the second image of Uranus that the JWST has captured this year. The first, released in April, was a two-toned affair composed of […]