yKmPJmaeP8A dr-becky-has-jwst-solved-the-crisis-in-cosmology Dr. Becky | Has JWST Solved the Crisis in Cosmology? Last weekend the lead researcher of a group using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to calculate the current rate of expansion of the Universe (aka the Hubble constant, H0) presented their results for the first time at an American Physical Society meeting. UA-He0aIbJc has-jwst-found-evidence-for-the-first-stars-to-ever-form Has JWST found evidence for the First Stars to ever form? One of JWST’s main goals has always been to find evidence of the first stars to form in the Universe. xFWdq86kzC8 jwst-discovered-the-farthest-star-ever-seen JWST Discovered The Farthest Star Ever Seen In a groundbreaking revelation, the James Webb Space Telescope has brought us face-to-face with Earendel, the most distant star ever observed, whose light has journeyed over 12.9 billion years to reach us. JCNaeRfCT8A the-fastest-growing-black-hole-ever-found The Fastest Growing Black Hole Ever Found In this month's Night Sky News we're chatting all about how you can watch the total solar eclipse on the 8th April 2024 across Mexico, the USA, and & Canada, the importance of the space exploration milestone of Intuitive Machines and their Odysseus lander on the Moon, the hard decision NSF faces on whether to continue to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii or the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile, and the fastest growing supermassive black hole that's ever been found! rur6Mu5sqmU jwst-discovers-exoplanets-orbiting-dead-stars JWST Discovers Exoplanets Orbiting Dead Stars When stars like the Sun die do their planets survive? A-SyeJaMMjI incredible-new-jwst-images-of-19-galaxies Incredible New JWST Images of 19 Galaxies In this month’s night sky news episode we’re chatting about comet Pons Brooks, which might become a naked-eye comet, the European-Extremely Large Telescope in Chile moving its dome for the first time, ESA giving the go-ahead for the LISA gravitational wave detector, JWST finding a rare “dead” dwarf galaxy, and JWST revealing the dust structure in 19 galaxies in incredible detail. hxcUy-cBVcI did-jwst-solve-the-mystery-of-supermassive-black-hole-origins Did JWST Solve The Mystery of Mass Black Hole Origins? This is what we astronomers call a blob, or a smudge, if you want to get really technical. 8PHt7NcwllA the-heaviest-neutron-star-or-the-lightest-black-hole The Heaviest Neutron Star or The Lightest Black Hole? A new research study has claimed to have found an object in the elusive "mass gap" between the heaviest neutron star, and the lightest (i.e least heavy) black hole. 3NeKR7bqolY jwst-rules-out-most-likely-culprit-for-crisis-in-cosmology JWST rules out most likely culprit for "Crisis in Cosmology" In this episode of Night Sky News we're chatting about the latest results from the AAS243 meeting including the Big Ring megastructure of galaxies, the most distant fast radio burst, and of course the latest from JWST on the "Crisis in Cosmology" (aka the Hubble Tension) which has ruled out the most likely culprit that we all had our money on. Is it time for some new physics? VDqdplEIXbE jwsts-big-debate-over-one-of-the-most-distant-galaxies-in-the-universe-gn-z11 JWST's Big Debate over One of the Most Distant Galaxies One of the most distant galaxies known GN-z11 has been observed many times by JWST in it’s first few years of observations but that data isn’t as clear cut as we hoped. FjWwQEDq0KU jwst-shows-the-early-universe-is-different-than-we-thought JWST shows the early Universe is Different than we thought Remember those overmassive galaxies that JWST found that people claimed proved "the big bang never happened?" when in reality it was just that we couldn't explain how they'd got so big? 3DLylJZBBLo jwst-finds-most-distant-supermassive-black-hole-known JWST Finds Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole Known One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics is how supermassive black holes form in the early Universe and grow to be SO supermassive. E_Xc4MNs6ss if-the-entire-universe-is-inside-a-black-hole-are-we-doomed If The Entire Universe Is Inside A Black Hole Are We Doomed!? In the movie Interstellar, the main character, Cooper, escapes from a black hole in time to see his daughter “Murph” in her final days. 2wXqDWYnWxk jwst-found-a-failed-supernova-did-it-form-a-black-hole JWST found A Failed Supernova | Did it form A Black Hole? Back in 2009 a star flared in brightness and then completely disappeared. The best explanation we had at the time was that the star had skipped supernova entirely and collapsed straight down into a black hole. HqwY0fz3daw jwst-just-found-a-fossil-from-the-early-universe JWST just Found a Fossil From the Early Universe In this episode, we will explore one of the most remarkable discoveries made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a massive and compact quiescent galaxy, which is a type of galaxy that stopped forming stars and is a possible ancestor of giant elliptical galaxies. F360SGAlI8Y did-jwst-find-a-marker-of-life-in-an-exoplanet-atmosphere Did JWST find a Marker of Life in an Exoplanet Atmosphere? There’s been a big claim of a marker of life, known as a biosignature, found using JWST in the atmosphere of an exoplanet known as K2-18b. s2gFkKDMdXg jwst-has-made-the-crisis-in-cosmology-worse-again JWST has made the "Crisis in Cosmology" Worse Again Night Sky News September 2023 pPmnbXdS8yA this-is-the-closest-black-hole-to-earth This Is the Closest Black Hole to Earth In this episode, we explore the amazing discovery of Gaia BH1, the closest known black hole to Earth. -aKtpCta9-Q how-do-you-get-a-black-hole-to-spin-as-fast-as-it-can How Do You Get a Black Hole to Spin as Fast as it Can? This summer, I published two research papers with my collaborators about the growth of supermassive black holes. One of those research papers was about what processes cause SMBHs to spin at their maximum rates, and the subsequent effect on their galaxy’s. csFyhYSLwic new-technology-aims-to-put-a-whole-new-spin-on-space-travel New Technology Aims to Put a Whole New Spin on Space Travel A new form of technology is trying to send items into space with an innovative new method. SqagO22EW9s did-amazons-waste-14-billion-buying-whole-foods Did Amazon's Waste $14 Billion Buying Whole Foods? Six years ago Amazon spent $14 billion to buy supermarket giant Whole Foods. NEMcflhdL60 jwst-finds-water-where-planets-are-forming-around-a-star JWST finds Water where Planets are Forming Around a Star In this month’s Night Sky News episode we’re chatting about the future of Voyager 2 after NASA briefly lost communications with it this month. psi7u6Q6dRw oppenheimer-the-first-to-predict-black-holes-exist-mathematically Oppenheimer | Predicted Black Holes Exist Mathematically In the 1930s, Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist interested in neutrons which led him to be the first to mathematically predict the existence of black holes. aBYgck1zAgQ jwst-is-the-universe-twice-as-old-as-we-think JWST | Is the Universe Twice as Old as we Think? A new research study has come out claiming that to explain the massive galaxies found at huge distances in James Webb Space Telescope images, the Universe is older than we think, at 26.7 billion years (rather than 13.8 billion years old). cVO02Abfs84 first-jwst-trappist-1-results-not-what-we-expected-for First JWST TRAPPIST-1 Results | Not what we Expected For We got long awaited JWST data this month, with measurements of the atmosphere of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1c. qVW3IT0B4gI we-now-know-what-jwst-will-observe-next-cycle-2-science-proposals We now know what JWST will observe Next | Cycle 2 Proposals This week's video is a little insight into the astrophysics community and what we've all been waiting for: the decisions on who got time on JWST! wpD8xFw2CAw esos-very-large-telescope-array-black-hole-discovery ESO's Very Large Telescope Array | Black Hole Discovery How the VLT works and how its discoveries about Sagittarius A* lead to a Nobel Physics Prize. TudUD97g4YY the-big-bang-conundrum-unraveling-jwsts-mystifying-findings The Big Bang Conundrum | Unraveling JWST's Findings In this riveting exploration of the cosmos, we delve into the latest findings from the James Webb Space Telescope and how they challenge our understanding of the universe's origins. 4h9PuTgcs1o three-new-jwst-results-two-exoplanets-and-a-protocluster Three new JWST results | Two Exoplanets and a Protocluster In this month's Night Sky News we're chatting about the discovery of what's thought to be a proto-galaxy-cluster in the early Universe, the haxy atmosphere of exoplanet GJ1214b, whether exoplanet GJ486b is a rocky Earth-like planet with a water rich atmosphere, and much more.