Stars
International Gemini Observatory traces gamma-ray burst to nucleus of ancient galaxy
Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy...
Astronomers observed the longest tails of gas yet escaping a planet
The planet losing its atmosphere.
DESI early data release contained nearly two million Galaxies, Quasars, and Stars
First small fraction of gigantic cosmic survey released and now available via DOE’s Berkeley Laboratory with a portion hosted by NOIRLab’s Astro Data Lab
Astronomers identified a new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system
The second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary circumbinary system.
Clear evidence found for pair-instability supernovae from very massive first stars
The most significant feature of this star is its extremely low sodium and cobalt abundances.
Astronomers confirmed the longest-known tail of superheated gas behind a galaxy group
Galaxies go on a deep dive and leave fiery tail behind.
Star formation erupted in bursts in the early universe
Webb also continues to uncover a bounty of distant, young galaxies.
Astrophysicist catalogs all known planet-hosting, triple-stellar systems
Triple-stellar systems have two stars orbiting one another with a third orbiting the pair.
Newly discovered earth-sized planet may be covered in Volcanoes
Welcome to Earth, extreme edition.
For the first time, radio waves observed from Type Ia supernova
This provides important clues to understand how white dwarfs explode.
The warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut
Astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the...
Distant gas clouds found with leftovers of the first stars
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in...