Astrophysicists Shocked by Short Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow 10 Billion Light Years Away
Rare event occurred 10 billion lightyears away, 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang SGRB181123B is the most distant short gamma ray burst with its…
Rare event occurred 10 billion lightyears away, 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang SGRB181123B is the most distant short gamma ray burst with its…
The first images from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. Solar Orbiter is…
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation. It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run…
The giant impacts that dominate late stages of planet formation have a wide range of consequences for young planets and their atmospheres, according to new…
As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae. These ashes,…
As Comet NEOWISE begins to dazzle the evening skies, the public and media can pose their astronomy questions to a panel of experts from NASA,…
An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with another star in a ‘partial supernova’ and is now hurtling across our galaxy,…
Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun,…
Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been assembled into its final form, testing teams seized the unique opportunity to perform a critical software…
Astronomers zoom in on black hole with one of the lowest masses ever observed in nearby “ghost” galaxy. A research team led by Cardiff University…
Why don’t planets collide more often? How do planetary systems — like our solar system or multi-planet systems around other stars — organize themselves? Of…
Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare it for a busy future of solar system exploration. The…
Galaxies are well known as the birthplaces of stars and planets thanks to the overwhelmingly large amount of dust and gas within them. Over time,…
A cutting-edge vibration sensor may improve the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors to find the tiniest cosmic waves from the background hum of Earth’s motion….
Data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search for these not-quite-planets-but-not-quite-stars. With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers…
KyotoU’s new Seimei telescope detects enormous ‘superflare’ on a nearby star The cold, dark chaos of space is filled with mystery. Fortunately, the ways in…
University of Warwick-led team discovers first exposed core of a planet Highly unusual planet found in the Neptunian Desert, where such massive objects are rarely…
Catch the comet in the morning sky until July 11, after which you can find it just after sunset until mid-August. A comet visiting from…