An illustration of the distant galaxy eight billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. (Image source: Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy) Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. This is according to the South African…
Scientists have discovered a surprising metabolic mechanism that interacts with a key aging pathway, potentially influencing growth, longevity, and lifespan through both advanced therapeutics and natural metabolites in ways still being explored. PHOTO/Stock. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have found that the new TOR inhibitor…
In this week’s Tech Tuesday segment on Smile 90.4FM we discuss the first direct evidence from James Webb of an alien planet. Read more on Bandwidth Blog
Since its 2021 launch, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revolutionized our understanding of the early universe. Now, for the first time, Webb has made its own groundbreaking discovery: an exoplanet never before observed. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Oakley Meta Smart Glasses! Webb directly imaged a young gas giant planet,…
An image of the protoplanetary disk around the star TWA 7, recorded using the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large Telescope’s Sphere instrument, is seen with an image captured with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Miri instrument overlayed in this image released on 25 June 2025. The empty area around exoplanet TWA 7 B is…
