The universe was just different when I was younger. Recently, astronomers have discovered that complex physics in the young cosmos may have led to the…
Wolf 1069 b: Astronomers Discover An Earth-Like Planet Very Close To Us
Thus, the transit method detects the very faint and regular dips in starlight as an exoplanet orbits between us and its star; and the radial…
Astronomers measure mass of white dwarf directly for the first time
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Albert Einstein in his Theory…
Astronomers identify 20 ultraviolet-emitting supernova remnants in the Andromeda galaxy
Positions of the 20 SNRs with detected diffuse UV emission (red squares) and the 5 SNRs with probable but unclear diffuse emission (blue squares), superimposed…
A rare binary star with an oddly round orbit
By studying the binary star system CPD-29 2176, researchers are unraveling new clues about our earliest beginnings as stardust. -NOIRLAB/NSF/AURA/J. DA SILVA/SPACE ENGINE A study…
Scientists reproduced a gravity field 1,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity
Solar activity associated with space weather can cause fluctuating electrical currents in space, directly impacting Earth’s electrical grid and energizing electrons and protons trapped in…
Did a phenomenon comparable to a volcanic eruption occur in a magnetar?
SGR 1935+2154, located about 30,000 light-years distant from Earth, is a magnetar, a highly magnetic class of neutron star (a star corpse less dense than…
Astrophysicist suggests that aliens have not made contact with Earth because we are not intelligent enough
A new solution to the Fermi Paradox holds that aliens would only be interested in contacting the most technologically advanced planets. Where are the aliens?…
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES MAY BE EVEN LARGER AND POWERFUL THAN WE PREVIOUSLY KNEW
active galactic nuclei The bright, noisy nuclei of galaxies. Supermassive Black Holes Huge amounts of matter are accreting: the most stable and brightest objects in…
NASA detects the first gamma-ray eclipses in ‘spider’ star systems
Experts classify these disparate binary star systems by the names of spider species whose females sometimes devour their smaller mates. An international team of astronomers…