Old Stars May Be Prime Locations for Finding Alien Life
New studies reveal that older stars have weaker magnetic braking, suggesting that they might be prime locations for finding alien life. Once upon a cosmic…
New studies reveal that older stars have weaker magnetic braking, suggesting that they might be prime locations for finding alien life. Once upon a cosmic…
New Observations in Infrared Light Suggest Recent Massive Collision Since the 1980s, the planetary system around the star Beta Pictoris has continued to fascinate scientists….
A three-ringed structure in the planet-forming zone of a circumstellar disk where metals and minerals serve as a reservoir of planetary building blocks. A research…
Launched successfully, the Einstein Probe aims to explore X-ray light from celestial phenomena and deepen our understanding of the Universe. The Chinese Academy of Sciences…
ESA’s Proba-3 mission features two satellites working in tandem to observe the Sun’s atmosphere like never before. Launching in September, this mission uses innovative technology…
Early Evolution of Planetary Disk Structures Seen for the First Time Planet formation may occur much more rapidly than previously thought. An international team of…
Infrared Emission From Methane Suggests Atmospheric Heating by Auroral Processes Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more…
Stormy weather on display on a “hot Jupiter” The Jupiter-sized planet WASP-121 b is no place to call home. For starters, it orbits very close…
XRISM, a collaborative mission between Japan, NASA, and ESA, is set to revolutionize X-ray astronomy with its advanced instruments, offering unprecedented insights into the universe’s…
A distant star’s explosive demise left behind an active stellar corpse, which is believed to be the source of multiple energetic flares detected over several…
Rice astronomer helps find evidence of an accretion disk around a young star outside the Milky Way Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a rotating disc…
Researchers reveal 30 Dor B, a supernova remnant, to be a complex site of multiple explosions, advancing our knowledge of star lifecycles and supernovae. X-rays…
Gyrochronology, a technique for estimating star ages based on rotation, has been extended from cluster stars to field stars, revealing consistent aging patterns and broadening…
We don’t know how magnetic fields formed. Now new theoretical research tells how the invisible part of our Universe could help us discover it, suggesting…
A new study reveals that magnetic fields are common in star systems with large blue stars, challenging prior beliefs and providing insights into the evolution…
University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets. In the quest to understand the…
LST-1’s discovery of the distant quasar OP 313 at high energies marks a milestone in astronomy, highlighting the telescope’s advanced capabilities in exploring the farthest…
New findings confirm existence of hot helium stars long-thought to be at the heart of hydrogen-poor supernovae and neutron star mergers. Astronomers at the University…