This image of the “Whale Galaxy” (NGC 4631), made with the National Science Foundation’s Karl G.…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
Planets Around A Black Hole?
Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the Sun.…
Citizen Science Discovers A Co-moving Brown Dwarf System
We report the discovery of WISE2150-7520AB (W2150AB): a widely separated (~ 341 AU) very low mass…
Outback Telescope Captures The Milky Way’s Center And Discovers Remnants Of Dead Stars
A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a spectacular new view of the…
Hubble Studies Gamma-Ray Burst with Highest Energy Ever Seen
Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe. They emit most of their energy…
NASA’s TESS Helps Astronomers Study Red-giant Stars, Examine a Too-close Planet
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS Mission keeps giving astronomers new realities to examine and explain. …
Scientists Find Evidence Of Missing Neutron Star
The leftovers from a spectacular supernova that revolutionised our understanding of how stars end their lives…
A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are…
The Measurements Of The Expansion Of The Universe Don’t Add Up
Physicists use two types of measurements to calculate the expansion rate of the universe, but their…
The Violent History Of The Magellanic Clouds
Two peacock-shaped gaseous clouds were revealed in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by observations with the…