Neutron Star Caught Smashing Into Its Neighboring Stellar; Here’s What Astronomers Reveal

SPACE 08.04.2022 10:20 AM

Using ALMA, astronomers captured a neutron star’s tail-end that smashed into its stellar neighbor. Read and discover more about this occurrence

April 2022 Night Sky: What to Expect When Stargazing This Month?

04.05.2022 06:45 AM

Throughout April 2022, stargazers will have lots to look for in the night sky. This month, here's what you can anticipate.

NASA Shares Stunning Photos Of Full Solar Eclipse in Antarctic Region From Space, ISS Astronauts

12.07.2021 00:11 AM

NASA and astronauts in the International Space Station could not help but take photos of Earth as they witnessed total solar eclipse from space.

White Dwarf From 1,400 Light Years Away Seen Switching On and Off for the First Time

10.18.2021 22:03 PM

Astronomers led by Durham University in the UK used NASA's TESS to observe a unique phenomenon of a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time.

Moon-Forming Disc Discovered Around Very Young 5.4 Million-Year-Old Jupiter-Like Exoplanet; Astronomers Consider Their Discovery Important

07.24.2021 00:10 AM

For the first time, a Moon-forming disc has been discovered, providing astronomers with an understanding of early planetary systems.

Milky Way Galaxy Picture: Violent 'Downtown' Shown in NASA's New Stunning Cosmic Image

05.29.2021 01:35 AM

"Downtown" space is just about 25,800 light-years away, a short hop in cosmic distances. A light year is the number of years that light travels, in this case to reach the Earth.

NASA's Webb Telescope's Powerful Capabilities Unveiled

02.26.2021 03:04 AM

Early observations with this Webb Telescope will exhibit its capability of distinguishing the stars' individual light in the local universe making the most of the powerful capabilities of such a device.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Double Satellite Internet Speeds of Starlink in 2021

02.23.2021 00:28 AM

Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, recently announced via Twitter that his company's satellite internet service Starlink would have speeds close to 300 Mbps in late 2021.

Astronomers Discover an ‘Unusual’ Star, a Celestial Occurrence They’ve Never Seen Before

01.06.2021 14:00 PM

A new study describes a possible new kind of star in an occurrence usually linked to destruction, instead of a creation or also known in the field of astronomy as "the merger of two white dwarfs."

FAST Telescope Will Be Open to International Scientists in 2021

12.21.2020 08:30 AM

Following the Arecibo Observatory's collapse and closure, China is opening the FAST radio telescope to international scientists beginning in 2021.

Arecibo Radio Telescope Soon to End 57 Years of Service

11.20.2020 18:00 PM

The famous Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which has provided priceless service to scientists for more than five decades, is set for dismantling after incurring irreparable damage.

Astronomers Want to Build Giant Telescope on Moon to See The Very First Stars

11.19.2020 08:00 AM

Astronomers theorized that 13 billion years earlier before galaxies came together, the first stars developed.

Starlink Broadband Satellites: Elon Musk Says There Is Nothing to Fear

03.11.2020 06:56 AM

Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO puts an end to worries if the Starlink Broadband Satellites will ruin the astronomy; or, if it will be considered a threat to the telecom industry; or if SpaceX is going to spin out Starlink anytime soon. His answer to all of these is a big "NO."

Astronomers Share Snapshot of Beautiful Planetary Nebula

03.02.2020 00:13 AM

Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have taken a photo of a plenary nebula called the CVMP 1. The snapshot was taken during the Cerro Pachon summit in Chile. The said plenary nebula is located in Circinus' southern constellation some 6,500 lightyears away.

Astronomers Discover a “Forbidden Planet”

06.09.2019 23:15 PM

Its mass is 20 Earth masses and it speeds around its star in a full orbit every 1.3 days. Astronomers have found an exoplanet so rare that they have deemed it "The Forbidden Planet," according to a new study.

SDSU Astronomers Detected New Neptune-to-Saturn-Size Planet Orbiting Two Planets

04.16.2019 10:22 AM

The largest of the three planets in the Kepler-47 system In the Kepler-47 system, astronomers have discovered a third planet, and they secured the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.

Red Star, Ross 128, Emits Strange Signals: Astronomers Are Searching To Explore The Key Fact Behind It

07.18.2017 12:32 PM

Astronomers are watching closely a strange red star in space that emits peculiar signals and trying to explore the key reason and source of this signal.

Jupiter Already Has 69 Moons In Total, As Astronomers Discover Two New Moons Orbiting The Gas Planet

06.14.2017 17:09 PM

Astronomers discover two new moons orbiting Jupiter, making the planet's recognized moon total to 69 already.

Planet Formation Process: A Closer Look

05.30.2017 04:40 AM

How are the planets formed? What is the required temperature and amount of gas present during the formation process? The astronomers found all these answers now.

Planet Nine Scientific Truth Revealed: Astronomers Came Up With 5 New Predictions

05.12.2017 01:52 AM

Earlier, researchers shocked the whole world by the statement that there is the world is bigger than earth and situated after Neptune. Find out how much truth has been found so far about the Planet Nine.

Astronomers Find Nearby Star A Good Model Of Early Solar System

05.06.2017 04:04 AM

Astronomers discover Epsilon Eridani, a new, nearby star, which seems to be a good model of the solar system's early evolution.