If you’ve asked Santa for a telescope, this one might come in handy! In fact, astronomers have apparently finally resolved a question that has lingered…
How do black holes feed? This astronomical event could have the answer
In 2021, multiple telescopes witnessed an unprecedented event. A star in a galaxy 250 million light-years away was sucked into the gravity well of a…
The impact of stellar flares on the worlds of TRAPPIST-1
This artist’s concept shows the TRAPPIST-1 system as seen from the surface of one of its planets. Credit: NASA/ESA/HST. A group of researchers has published…
Indian astronomers detect dozens of variable stars in the NGC 381 region
Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and India’s Physical Research Laboratory report the detection of 57 variable stars in the field…
Astronomers manage to discern which were the galaxies of the ‘cosmic dawn’
Astronomers have discerned a key signal whose absence makes it possible to determine which were and were not the first galaxies to exist, in a…
What it would take to discover life on Saturn
Image credit: NASA/Cassini. The mystery of whether microbial alien life could inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space…
Manganese oxide formed on Mars weighs in the absence of oxygen
Dusty selfie from the Curiosity rover. Photo: Europa Press. Scientists at Washington University in St.Louis have experimentally proven that, under Mars-like conditions, manganese oxides can…
Exoplanet is ‘spiraling to its doom’ around its aging star, scientists say
Astronomers have discovered more information about Kepler-1658b, the first exoplanet discovered by the Kepler telescope. Discovered in 2019, the alien planet, which is slightly larger…
Unusually close look at a black hole devouring a star
Recent observations of a black hole devouring a rogue star may help scientists understand more complex black hole feeding behaviors. Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed…
Identified the ‘old’ heart of the Milky Way
A map of metal-poor red giant stars in the galactic center. (H.-W. Rix/MPIA) A group of astronomers has managed to identify the “poor old heart of…