WASP-12 b, A Planet Being Consumed By Its Own Sun
A newly published study takes a closer look at WASP-12 b, a planet that is being consumed by its own star. A planet roughly 1.4…
A newly published study takes a closer look at WASP-12 b, a planet that is being consumed by its own star. A planet roughly 1.4…
The gigantic orange magnets at MIT were originally built decades ago to confine hydrogen nuclei in the search for nuclear fusion. However, since 1998 plasma…
Using the Planck space telescope, scientists discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting galaxy clusters Abell 399 and Abell 401. The temperature of the gas…
The French space agency CNES has announced that the Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits (CoRoT) satellite is on its last legs. The satellite suffered a…
Using the High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics and the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope, an international…
Using two filters on Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, a new image of the gigantic elliptical galaxy 4C 73.08 was taken. Luminous galaxies glow like…
These new images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, which is located 5,500 light-years away from Earth, show one of the clearest views ever obtained…
A newly published study describes how astrophysicists used simulations, which follow both the rules of general relativity and the laws of magnetism, to demonstrate that…
The galaxy known as MACS0647-JD is located behind an enormous galactic cluster MACS J0647+7015 that lies between the Big and Little Dipper. Data shows that…
Astronomers discovered dust around an unusual class of interacting binary stars, a highly magnetic white dwarf star that is Earth-sized but weighs about 60 percent…
The world’s largest solar telescope will finally be built atop Haleakala, the dormant volcano that is the highest peak on the island of Maui. Last…
Using combined data, astronomers have created a new image of supernova remnant W44, which is located roughly 10,000 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila….
Using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers discovered CFBDSIR2149, a large free-floating object near the AB Doradus Moving Group. Astronomers using ESO’s…
Using a combination of optical, infrared, and mid-infrared data, a team of astronomers revealed that the star cluster known as NGC 1980 is a distinct…
An international team of scientists is measuring the role of dark energy in the evolution of the universe by using a new mapping technique that…
In a newly published study, a team of scientists report the results of their theoretical models of the behavior of interstellar dust grains as the…
An international team of astronomers discovered a giant gap inside PDS 70’s protoplanetary disk, which may have resulted from the birth of multiple planets. A…
In a recently published study, scientists propose that the mysterious gas orbiting 49 CETI is similar to the sun’s Kuiper Belt and is a result…