A new study published in the Astronomical Journal, led by Assistant Professor of Astronomy Lana Ezzedine and University alumni Jeremy Koukavany with collaborators, reports the…
Precision measurements provide clues to magnetars’ cosmic origin Ten National Science Foundation telescopes collaborate for three years to make exciting discoveries
Precision measurements provide clues to magnetars’ cosmic origin Ten National Science Foundation telescopes collaborate for three years to make exciting discoveries Magnetar Swift J1818.0-1617 Image…
A new study questions black holes as an explanation for dark matter
The LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors have discovered a cluster of massive black holes, whose origins are one of the greatest mysteries in modern…
Mission to Uranus could be gravitational wave detector more
Mission to Uranus could be gravitational wave detector Detecting gravitational waves for the first time is very difficult, but they can be detected using a…
The state of the lone star: Tracking a low-mass star speeding through the Milky Way
The state of the lone star: Tracking a low-mass star speeding through the Milky Way While the sun may appear to stand still while the…
Astronomers study giant molecular clouds in galaxy NGC 613
Astronomers study giant molecular clouds in galaxy NGC 613 An international team of astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to perform high-resolution observations…
Researchers believe gravity could exist even without mass, reducing the need for hypothetical dark matter.
Researchers believe gravity could exist even without mass, reducing the need for hypothetical dark matter. Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter created by…
New Rare “Green Bean Galaxy” Discovered Astronomers from New Mexico State University
New Rare “Green Bean Galaxy” Discovered Astronomers from New Mexico State University Astronomers from New Mexico State University (NMSU) and other universities report the discovery…
JWST discovers a wide range of carbon-rich gases around very low-mass stars that are the building blocks of future planets
Planets form in disks of gas and dust orbiting young stars. The MIRI Mid-Infrared Disk Survey (MINDS), led by Thomas Henning at the Max Planck…
Super-hot Neptune discovered around a red giant
Super-hot Neptune discovered around a red giant A new paper published in the Astronomical Journal reports that the newly discovered hot-Neptunian exoplanet TIC 365102760b (commonly…