This double star system flips planet-forming disk into pole position
An astronomer from the University of Warwick has recently captured a double star system that has flipped its surrounding disc to a position that leaps over...
New technique more precisely determines the ages of stars
How old are each of the stars in our roughly 13-billion-year-old galaxy?
Current star-dating systems, in light of evaluations of stars in the prime or...
Scientists are closer to solving one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries
Fast Radio Bursts or FRBs are very short and extremely high-power bursts of radio energy that we detect in our telescopes here on Earth....
Giant pattern discovered in the clouds of planet Venus
Venus is frequently called Earth's twin in light of their comparable size and gravity, yet the atmosphere on Venus is altogether different. Venus pivots...
China’s probe sends panoramic image of Moon’s far side
Earlier this year, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed the robotic probe Chang’e 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, deepest,...
Elon Musk shared first glimpse of SpaceX’s finished Starship test vehicle
SpaceX has completed the development of Starship for its very first test flight ever and Elon Musk took Twitter to share the picture.
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Thousands of stars turning into crystals
Astronomers at the University of Warwick have found the first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals, and our skies are filled with...
Birth of a black hole or neutron star captured for first time
Scientists at the Northwestern University have captured the mysteriously bright object that burst in the northern sky this summer. Dubbed AT2018cow or “The Cow,” the object...
Astronomers uncover the brightest quasar in the early universe
The international research team has detected the brightest quasar yet known from the period when the universe’s star-making hydrogen gas became ionized, known as...
X-ray pulse detected near event horizon as black hole devours star
On Nov. 22, 2014, stargazers detected an uncommon vent in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, almost...
Citizen scientist just discovered a planet twice the size of earth
A research team that included a UChicago graduate student has discovered a planet that is estimated to be twice the size of earth. The planet...
Hubble sees the brightest quasar in the early Universe
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the brightest quasar ever seen in the early Universe. After 20 years of searching, astronomers have identified...