A team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Sumner Starrfield of Arizona State University (ASU), has combined…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
Hot Stars Are Plagued By Giant Magnetic Spots
Astronomers using European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of extremely…
Hubble Observes Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 3895
Far away in the Ursa Major constellation is a swirling galaxy that would not look out…
Distance From The Brightest Stars Is Key To Preserving Primordial Discs
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was used to conduct a three-year study of the crowded, massive…
Novel Insight Reveals Topological Tangle In Unexpected Corner Of The Universe
Just as a literature buff might explore a novel for recurring themes, physicists and mathematicians search…
Astronomers Create Cloud Atlas for Hot Jupiter-Like Exoplanets
Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on…
New Gravitational-wave Model Can Bring Neutron Stars Into Even Sharper Focus
Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that promises to yield…
ALMA Discovers Massive Rotating Disk In The Early Universe
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large…
ESO Telescope Sees Signs Of Planet Birth
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale…
Astronomers Confirm The Existence Of Two Giant Newborn Planets In The PDS 70 System
New evidence shows the first-ever pictures capturing the birth of a pair of planets orbiting the…