Crux Constellation's Beta Crucis A Star is 14.5 Times as Massive as the Sun, Australian Polarimetrists Says

SPACE 12.07.2021 21:38 PM

A research team recently found beta Crucis A to be roughly 14.5 times as gigantic as the Sun and approximately 11 million years old, which make it the heaviest star identified the regular movements of stars called "asteroseismology," ever.

Ideal Iron Conditions Needed for Life to Strive on Earth and Other Planets

12.07.2021 00:35 AM

Researchers found that too much or too little iron will not allow life to thrive on Earth or on other planets. They have uncovered the mechanism of how it influenced the development of life forms.

Animal Magnetism: Male Spiders Orbit a Cannibalistic Female Spider Like Planets Orbiting a Star to Search a Mate

12.06.2021 23:17 PM

A solution appears to lie in so-called animal magnetism, or more appropriately, in the effective physical forces that male and female spiders are experiencing on the web's elastic surface.

Weird Galaxy Without Dark Matter Baffles Astronomers As It Contradicts Popular Beliefs About the Universe

12.06.2021 21:57 PM

Researchers stated the evidence for a dark matter-free galaxy in AGC 114905 only grew stronger after 40 hours of monitoring.

Fermi Paradox Explained: Are We Alone in the Universe? Is Drake Equation the Solution?

12.06.2021 01:10 AM

Sir Arthur Clarke said the Fermi paradox is an occurrence where either humans are alone in the universe, "or we are not" and both ideas "are equally terrifying."

Gas Giant Planets Like Jupiter, Saturn Orbiting V1298 Tau Star Could Reach Final Size At Very Early Stages of Evolution

12.04.2021 00:50 AM

Current hypotheses say exoplanets as big as Jupiter are even bigger and shrink as they develop. A recent analysis casts serious doubt on this.

Debris Disk Around Main-Sequence Star Can Help Scientists Find New Exoplanets When Asteroids Collide

12.03.2021 21:25 PM

Debris disks are commonly found around main-sequence stars, forming tenuous belts of dust that are thought to produce asteroids or exoplanets. Scientists study them to learn how planetary systems originated and behaved in the past.

Some Brightest Stars in the Night Sky Are Megconstellation, Man-Made Satellites May Disrupt Astronomy Research

12.02.2021 21:29 PM

Satellites are disrupting the night sky that soon they will make up one out of every 15 points in the night sky, an astronomer predicts.

NASA Telescope Sees Merger of Two Black Holes That Could Cast Doubt on Laws of Physics

11.27.2021 21:23 PM

Scientists have discovered light emanating from the merger of two black holes in the furthest reaches of the galaxy, which is a rare astronomical phenomenon.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope is About to Depart a Month From Now to Find the Unexpected

11.18.2021 23:19 PM

The $9.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's next generational observatory, is set to launch in less than a month to see more stars.

Will NASA Hubble Space Telescope Finally Wake Up After Space Agency Renews Its $215-Million Working Contract?

11.17.2021 23:58 PM

NASA has devised a new strategy for reactivating the Hubble Space Telescope after its $215-million working contract got renewed.

The Worlds Next Door: Looking For Habitable Planets Around Alpha Centauri

11.17.2021 23:26 PM

Could life survive around the nearest stars? This project aims to find out. (Photo : Rubenstein ) Simulated image of the Alpha Centauri system, as could be viewed by the TOLIMAN telescope.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures an Inky-Black Nebula, Newly Forming Star

11.17.2021 21:54 PM

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a photo of a sinuous, inky-black nebula that is obstructing the birth of many stars.

German Scientists Identified the First Deeply Eclipsing Stream-Fed Intermediate Polar Located Between 4,200-9,300 Light-Years Away

11.15.2021 21:19 PM

A group of scientists from Germany reports that J1832.4-1627 is the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar. It was first discovered in July 2019 by Erwin Schwab using the Schmidt telescope of the German-Spanish Astronomical Center.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Shares Festive Photo of Snowman Nebula

11.14.2021 20:43 PM

Another Hubble image of a sparkling nebula like a 'snowman' drifting in space, 6,000 light-years distant from Earth, has been released by NASA.

Leonid Meteor Shower 2021: How, Where To Watch This Most Historical Event Soon

11.11.2021 21:57 PM

The Leonid meteor shower will peak late on November 16 and early on November 17, but it will continue to be active until November 30.

Stars of Galaxy Charted 12 Billion Light-Years Away Contains Same Element Inside Human Bones, Toothpaste

11.09.2021 04:46 AM

A new study confirms the bizarre presence of fluorine in a stellar cluster from a galaxy located 12 billion light-years away from Earth.

Are Black Holes Scarier Than a Ghost? 5 Fun Facts About Them

10.31.2021 22:48 PM

The regions in space called black holes where gravity is so robust that nothing can escape them are considered a hot topic in news reports nowadays.

NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory Telescope Finds Signs of First Planet Found Outside Milky Way

10.25.2021 22:18 PM

Astronomers using NASA's powerful Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope may have recently discovered evidence of the first exoplanet circling a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy.

Hubble Space Telescope Found Two Interacting Galaxies 200 Million Light-Years Away

10.24.2021 22:28 PM

NASA Hubble Space Telescope found a pair of 'squabbling' galaxies in a cosmic dance. The findings might provide insight into the development of the universe.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Witnesses Death of a Star; Is This a Warning Sign?

10.22.2021 01:19 AM

With the aid of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers got an unparalleled front-row seat to the cataclysmic demise of a star 60 million light-years distant.