Our Sun is a main sequence star, which is a type of star that is in a stable state of fusion and will continue to…
The first stars could have weighed more than 100,000 suns
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 discovered an exoplanet 31 light years away from Earth that could be habitable
A team of experts from the Max Planck Institute in Germany found it and named it Wolf 1069b. It is similar in size to the…
Astronomers discover 12 new moons of Jupiter, which surpasses Saturn as the planet with the most satellites
Jupiter Quietly Takes Crown for Most Moons, With New Tally of 92 We only have one Moon, very big, true, but there are planets that…
Hubble telescope directly measures the mass of a white dwarf for the first time
A view of LAWD 37 as seen by Hubble. Image: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz and University of Cambridge), K. Sahu…
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…