Iron fingerprints in nearby active galaxy After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Possible atmosphere surrounding rocky exoplanet Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Improving timing precision of millisecond pulsars using polarization Pulsar timing enables the most stringent tests of fundamental physics. By monitoring the pulse times of arrival (ToAs) of an ensemble of stable millisecond pulsars (MSPs), known as a pulsar timing array (PTA), it is possible to detect nanohertz gravitational waves (GWs). The success of GW detection with PTAs requires the highest possible timing precision.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-....precision-millisecon

Hubble views a galaxy with a voracious black hole Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 million light-years away from Earth. It's classified as a Seyfert galaxy, which means that it's an extremely energetic type of galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars Astronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The findings may shed light on how the earliest supermassive black holes became so massive despite having a relatively short amount of cosmic time in which to grow.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405