Astronomers See First Hint of Silhouette of Star Spaghettified by Black Hole
For decades astronomers have been spotting bursts of electromagnetic radiation coming from black holes. They assumed those are the result of stars being torn apart,…
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Astronomers Discover Evidence for Substance on Liquid-Gas Boundary on Exoplanet WASP-31b
One of the properties that make a planet suitable for life is the presence of a weather system. Exoplanets are too far away to directly…
Black Hole Shredding a Star Leads to a New Astronomical Discovery
When a black hole chews up a star, we see this either in visible light or in X-rays, but almost never through both types of…
Artificial Intelligence Examines Over 200,000 Galaxies to Confirm Galaxy Mergers Ignite Starbursts
When two galaxies merge, there are brief periods of stellar baby booms. A group of astronomers led by Lingyu Wang from SRON have now used…
Map to the Stars – Astronomers Trace Most Common Molecule in the Universe
Molecular hydrogen (H2) makes up 99% of the cold dense gas in galaxies. So mapping where stars are born basically means measuring H2, which lacks…
HR 8752 Reveals Crucial ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolution of Hypergiant Stars
A newly published study encompasses thirty years of research on hypergiant HR 8752, a star that is roughly 250 times brighter than our Sun and…