Astronomers Have Detected A Mysterious Signal Coming From Empty Space. Nobody Knows What It Is.
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The James Webb Space Telescope recorded a signal twice, 88 days apart, from a point where no object had been seen in previous observations. None of the four possibilities being considered fully explain the findings.
Astronomers Have Detected A Mysterious Signal Coming From Empty Space. Nobody Knows What It Is.
The dark nebula Barnard 68, a dense cloud of dust that blocks the light of stars behind it, creating the appearance of a hole in space. This is an illustrative image, not the location of the mysterious JWST detection. (ESO) This is a head-scratcher.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
In observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected a mysterious glow from a supposedly completely empty spot of space that does not match any known celestial body. Recorded twice three months apart, this unusual signal has left researchers with a unique astrophysical puzzle while adding yet another to the still-unsolved secrets of the universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a mysterious signal from a spot that has been studied for decades and is thought to have no celestial bodies. The source of the signal, which is recorded twice three months apart and cannot be matched to known celestial bodies, is being investigated. Scientists are considering four possibilities.
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