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Zeta Ophiuchi is a single star that likely once had a companion that was destroyed when it went supernova. The supernova explosion sent Zeta Ophiuchi,…
Observations of faint, planet-size star help weigh its millisecond pulsar companion. A dense, collapsed star has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its…
Over 5,000 exoplanets have been detected to date, with more than 90% of them found by using the transit or radial velocity techniques. Of the…
This spectacular luminescent image from the Hubble Space Telescope features multiple galaxies, perhaps most noticeably LEDA 58109, the lone galaxy in the upper right. LEDA…
Astronomers detect the most distant galaxy rotation ever, suggesting an initial stage of rotational motion development. Astronomers have been able to detect more and more…
When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team of astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory…
A stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy to our own, has been found by a team of international experts, renowned for…
This intriguing observation from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a gravitationally lensed galaxy with the long-winded identifier SGAS J143845+145407. Gravitational lensing has generated a mirror…
To search for alien life, astronomers will search for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just proved…
Chinese and Australian Astronomers Find Direct Evidence for Binary Common Envelope Evolution A team of astronomers has jointly discovered a binary system ejecting a common…
Webb’s Gigantic Mirror and Precision Instrumentation Join Forces To Capture the Most Detailed Spectrum of an Exoplanet Atmosphere Ever In a remarkable dream come true…
Much of star’s mass in 2019 tidal disruption ended up in symmetrical cloud that hid black hole. In 2019, astronomers observed the closest example to…
A distant neutron star could be the origin of the clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts. A strange and persistent radio signal from…
The next full moon is called the Buck Supermoon, the Thunder Moon, and the Hay or Mead Moon. Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 2022, will be…
Exquisite New Data Will Transform Our Understanding of the Early Universe A flurry of bright white galaxies is stirring up this incredible scene – captured…
Insight-HXMT Breaks Own Measurement Record for Strongest Magnetic Field in Universe Neutron stars generate the strongest magnetic fields in the universe. However, the only way…
On Monday, July 11, President Joe Biden released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House…
It has been a long journey for the James Webb Space Telescope, filled with setbacks and obstacles to overcome. Some consider its start date all…