This artist’s concept depicts GJ 1214b, a mini-Neptune, with what is likely a steamy, hazy atmosphere. A team led by scientists with the University of…
There may be liquid water under the crusts of Uranus’s moons, according to a new NASA study
Liquid water under the surface of the moons of Uranus, this could be the conclusion reached by NASA researchers after reanalyzing data from the Voyager…
The runaway black hole riddle solved
El reciente hallazgo de unos investigadores del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias desmonta la interpretación original en donde un agujero negro supermasivo a la fuga…
Astronomers discover the most massive pulsating white dwarf star known
The finding was made using data from the APO and Gemini astronomical observatories, which have the largest existing optical telescopes in the world. A team…
Dark energy is evenly distributed in space and time.
An initial study of dark energy with the eROSITA X-ray telescope, focused on galaxy clusters, indicates that the density of this mysterious force is evenly…
The Moon also has a solid core like the Earth.
Researchers from the Côte d’Azur University and the Institute for Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculations in France developed models of the Moon’s interior and found…
Astronomers have discovered a “scary Barbie” supermassive black hole tearing …
Astronomers have discovered something very impressive giant black hole She devours a star, and they have nicknamed her “Scary Barbie”, partly due to her terrifying…
Scientists have discovered remains of the first stars in the universe
Astronomers find distant gas clouds with remnants of the first stars. Astronomers have yet to see the first stars in the universe, but now they…
Watch a preview of Earth’s destruction
Astronomers recently caught the eerie sight of an exoplanet being devoured by its star, in a preview of what will eventually happen to Earth. The…
Closer than ever: a big flash reveals a black hole devouring a star
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have observed infrared signs of the closest tidal disruption event (TDE) to date. A bright flare was detected from the…