European Southern Observatory Finds New Exoplanet Orbiting Proxima Centauri; Is Proxima d Lighter Than Earth?

SPACE 02.11.2022 02:57 AM

Meet Proxima D, a new rocky but light-weight exoplanet found circling our solar system's nearest star.

Dying Moments of Planet While Being Consumed by White Dwarf Star Captured for the First Time

02.10.2022 02:58 AM

NASA captured real-time imaging of a dying planet while consumed by its parent star known as the white dwarf G 29-38.

Dying Stars May Give Birth to New Planets, Astronomers Say

02.06.2022 19:48 PM

Astronomers said that even though stars are dying, some types of them may still be able to generate planets.

NASA Shares Breathtaking Cosmic Phenomena Resulting From Interaction Of Merging Galaxies, Star And Guitar Nebula [See Photos]

02.04.2022 21:49 PM

NASA said that the combined data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory that detect all kinds of lights could help investigate the cosmic phenomena highlighted in the breathtaking images.

'Mini-Neptune' Exoplanets With Puffy Atmospheres are Transforming Into Super-Earths; How Is This Possible?

02.04.2022 20:45 PM

Astronomers detected two puffy 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets that are 103 light-years away from Earth and look like turning into super-Earths as they lose their atmospheres like steam from a pot of boiling water.

Scientists Find a Weird Super-Hot Jupiter Exoplanet With Earth-Like Atmosphere That's So Near Its Star

01.30.2022 20:50 PM

The exoplanet WASP-189b, 322 light-years away, contains elements that match the earth's atmospheric layers, according to a team of international researchers.

[LOOK] NASA Hubble Space Telescope Shares Stunning Photo of Interacting Galaxies

01.30.2022 02:51 AM

In a picture released to the public on Saturday, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught one such breathtaking sight of an interacting galaxy.

Planet Search Is Not Easy! Astronomers Tell Us How They Discovered Almost 5,000 New Exoplanets

01.28.2022 12:41 PM

When astronomers headed off to look for planets around other stars also known as exoplanets, they knew it wouldn't be easy. However, because of "tiny wobbles and faint twinkles," these space scientists found almost 5,000 new worlds.

Milky Way Now Has Thousands Of Stunning Magnetic Threads Like A 'Modern Art', Scientists Say

01.28.2022 02:55 AM

Nearly 1,000 mystery strands mysteriously dangling in space have been discovered in an astonishing new telescopic image of the Milky Way galaxy's tumultuous center.

Spooky Cosmic Object Could Be A New Type of Star With Ultra-Powerful Magnetic Field

01.27.2022 00:20 AM

Astronomers discovered a mysterious object that could be a neutron star or white dwarf that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour.

Why Do Earth-Like Planets Form? Experts Pinpoint Hypothesis

01.23.2022 20:30 PM

Earth-like planets are discovered near their parent or host stars, with searing temperatures; but they are also discovered far from their stars, more than 10 times further away than Jupiter is from our Sun.

Why Is Earth Sitting in the Center of a ‘Local Bubble’ Surrounded by Baby Stars? Here's What Experts Say

01.12.2022 22:43 PM

Our solar system is supposed to be in the midst of a 1,000-light-year-wide bubble in space with very young stars on its "surface," according to researchers.

Stars May Stop Producing Elements Due to Excessive Heavy Metal Content

01.11.2022 23:06 PM

Two seperate studies dig dipper to find how heavy metal content impact the stellar bodies' evolution and production of rich elements in space.

Least Metallic Stellar Structure in Our Galaxy Baffles Astronomers in Recent Discovery

01.10.2022 04:12 AM

A new study confirms metallicity detection on space, an aspect which could lead astronomical studies about the oldest stars and their structures in the Milky Way galaxy.

Red Supergiant Star Transforms Into Type II Supernova as Scientists Watch Real Time

01.07.2022 01:08 AM

Scientists had an unparalleled front-row seat to the cataclysmic finale of a red supergiant star converting into a supernova.

Do You Want To Kick A Pulsar Out Of The Galaxy? Here's How! [Watch]

01.03.2022 23:50 PM

Summer Ash of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the show's host, discusses how pulsars are kicked out.

Is Earth Acting Weird in Our Solar System? Here's What Astronomers Say!

01.03.2022 22:26 PM

One of the oddest things in the universe, according to one astronomer, might be Earth. A scientist claimed that the planetary systems that astronomers discovered are not the same as our own.

Weird Exoplanets of 2021: What Are The Strangest Planets Discovered This Year?

12.30.2021 23:10 PM

Here's what scientists discovered in 2021, from a rocky 'Super Earth' that may house life to a 'Hot Jupiter' with an exceptionally fast orbit planets!

NASA Parker Solar Probe Finally Kisses Sun’s Atmosphere For The First Time

12.14.2021 23:38 PM

NASA's Parker Solar Probe undertakes a once-in-a-lifetime journey into the Sun's atmosphere.

Massive Solar Storm From a Star as Big as the Sun Could Be a Warning Sign for Earth, Study Says

12.12.2021 23:30 PM

EK Draconis fired an explosion of plasma into space that was more enormous than any earlier documented for a sun-like star, according to scientists.

Geminids Meteor Shower to Peak on Dec. 13-14: South Africans See Bright Lights Quickly Moving Through the Sky

12.12.2021 21:02 PM

The famed Geminid meteor shower will spit forth dazzling shooting stars on December 13 and 14, but something unusual was seen in the sky of South Africa.