In this illustration, the recently discovered Earth-sized planet TOI 700 e orbits in the habitable zone of its star. Its Earth-sized brother, TOI 700 d,…
There’s a star in the Milky Way halfway to Andromeda
Astronomers have discovered more than 200 distant variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars in the stellar halo of the Milky Way. The most distant…
Astronomers discover a ‘hot Jupiter’ of 1,950 million years about 528 light years from Earth
The new extrasolar planet, named TOI-778 b, has a radius 1.37 times the size of Jupiter and an equilibrium temperature of 1,287 °C. An international…
The James Webb reveals galaxies similar to the Milky Way in the early universe
Images of the galaxy EGS23205. On the left the one taken by the Hubble telescope and on the right that of the James Webb telescope,…
The enigma of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way finally solved according to science
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…
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…