Space Rock Hits the Moon at 61,000 Kilometers an Hour
Observers watching January’s total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Spanish astronomers now…
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Astronomers Discover Ultra-Close Stars Inside Planetary Nebula M3-1
An international team of astronomers have discovered two stars in a binary pair that complete an orbit around each other in a little over three…
Astronomers Discover Asteroid Captured from Another Star System
A new study has discovered the first known permanent immigrant to our Solar System. The asteroid, currently nestling in Jupiter’s orbit, is the first known…
New Research Shows Dark Matter Might Not Be Interactive After All
Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious substance may not be interacting with forces…
Chemical Models Help Astronomers Study the Atmospheres of Hot Exoplanets
Chemical models developed to help limit the emission of pollutants by car engines are being used to study the atmospheres of hot exoplanets orbiting close…
Simulations Shows Traces of Life on Nearest Exoplanets May Be Hidden
New research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society shows that the search for life on other planets may well be…
Spots on Supergiant Star Zeta Puppis Drive Spirals in Stellar Wind
Astronomers recently discovered that spots on the surface of supergiant star Zeta Puppis are driving huge spiral structures in its stellar wind. Massive stars are…
Astronomers Measure How A Galaxy’s Spin Affects Its Shape
In a newly published study, a team of astronomers measures how a galaxy’s spin affects its shape. It sounds simple, but measuring a galaxy’s true…
Astronomers Demonstrate a Powerful New Technique for Observing Stars
Using a new algorithm to enhance observations from the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers provide the most detailed study yet of the Pleiades star cluster. The…
Astronomers Discover an Extremely Metal-Poor Star-Forming Galaxy in the Local Universe
Astronomers view a primitive galaxy that is about to be consumed by a gigantic neighboring galaxy. The discovery could provide clues about the early Universe….
Astronomers Spot “Indigestion” in Supermassive Black Hole
A new multi-wavelength study of a pair of colliding galaxies has revealed the cause of a supermassive black hole’s case of “indigestion.” The new research…
The Auriga Project Helps Uncover the History of the Galaxy
Using the Hornet and SuperMUC supercomputers in Germany and a state-of-the-art code, a team of scientists has helped uncover the history of the galaxy. Thousands…
Astronomers Identify Massive 10 Billion Year Old Brown Dwarf
Astronomers have identified a brown dwarf that was formed about 10 billion years ago and is made of gas that is around 250 times purer…
Astronomers Discover Giant Halos Around Early Galaxies
Using the Isaac Newton Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered giant halos of photons around early Milky Way type galaxies. In order to understand…
The Canarias Einstein Ring – A Newly Discovered Einstein Ring
A newly published study details the discovery of a new Einstein Ring, a rare image of a distant galaxy lensed by gravity. In his seminal…
Planet 2MASS J2126 is 1 Trillion Kilometers Away from Its Parent Star
New research reveals that planet 2MASS J2126 and the star TYC 9486-927-1 are moving through space together, implying that they are associated. A team of…
Astronomers Discover an Oversized Black Hole That is 350 Million Times the Mass of Our Sun
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in galaxy SAGE0536AGN. The black hole is 350 million times the mass of our sun and 30 times…
Two Massive Stars with Magnetic Fields Discovered in Binary System Epsilon Lupi
In a newly published study, astronomers reveal that the two giant stars in binary system Epsilon Lupi have magnetic fields. A Canadian PhD student has…