Circular astronomical image showing a dense distribution of stars across the field with a distinct bright yellow cluster near the middle, highlighting stellar concentration.

eROSITA delivers the most comprehensive census of the high-energy Universe to date 

Second data release nearly doubles the previously known eROSITA X-ray sources to two million
Visualization of a spiral galaxy with superimposed curved blue lines and clusters of green and orange dots connected by arrows, possibly representing magnetic fields or particle trajectories.

First observational signature of ambipolar diffusion in prestellar core L1544

Observation of the first signature of ambipolar diffusion in a prestellar core. The measurements reveal a subtle drift between ionized and neutral gas, offering new insight into the role of magnetic fields in star formation.
Telescope and spectra

HETDEX Opens Massive Cosmic Dataset to Scientists, Novices, and AI

Today, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) - which recently completed the largest survey ever taken of the early universe – has released all of its immense, information-rich database to the public. 
Image of a cosmic area with a prominent bright halo, surrounded by diffuse gas clouds and scattered star formations, labeled "r200m".

Baryons at the Edge: SRG/eROSITA Survey Detects “Missing” Cosmic Gas at the Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters

Missing baryons found in galaxy cluster outskirts.
Research uncovers 90% of missing baryonic matter in galaxy cluster outskirts, enhancing cosmic structure understanding.
A scientific collage of 112 square individual images from the Euclid space telescope, arranged in a six-by-six grid on a black background. Each square shows a different strong gravitational lens in the distant universe. At the center of nearly every image is a bright, mostly yellowish-white foreground galaxy. Surrounding these central galaxies, the effects of spacetime curvature are clearly visible: the light from even more distant background galaxies appears as blue arcs of light, circularly curved arcs, filamentary structures, or nearly closed rings—so-called Einstein rings. Some images also show point-like multiple images of the same background galaxy, arranged symmetrically around the center. The details are very sharp, and in the background of each square, additional tiny, distant galaxies and stars are visible as points of light.

10,000 Euclid lenses wanted: MPE call for Space Warps

Help Classify Euclid Data in Space Warps Project.
Contribute to groundbreaking astronomy by classifying Euclid telescope images in citizen science initiative.
Detailed X-ray image of the sky, illustrating various cosmic phenomena with vibrant colors and bright spots.

Space Telescope Studies Solar System X-ray Glow
 

SRG/eROSITA reveals how our Solar System modifies the appearance of the X-ray sky
Two exoplanets near a star and a graph. To confirm that this new object is indeed a planet and not an extended clump of material within the disc, astronomers observed it with the GRAVITY+ instrument at the VLT Interferometer (VLTI). The VLTI combines the light of several telescopes and is therefore sensitive to very small details. Using GRAVITY+, the team confirmed that that the new object is a point-like source and not an extended cloud within the disc.

Rare Discovery of Two Protoplanets
 

Using the GRAVITY instrument on the ESO’s VLT Interferometer, astronomers have confirmed the existence of the protoplanet WISPIT 2c. This new discovery offers rare insights into planet formation and shows that planetary systems can form in parallel.
A moon and a planet next to each other

Conditions suitable for life on distant moons

Even in the darkness of space, life could be possible: A team of researchers from the ORIGINS Cluster has shown that moons of free-floating planets can keep their oceans liquid for billions of years.
Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Arizona, USA in front of starry sky.

Measuring the expansion of the universe with cosmic fireworks

Munich astronomers image and model extremely rare gravitationally lensed supernova

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