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Astronomers have recently identified a new exoplanet, HD 137010b, orbiting the nearby K dwarf star HD 137010, following the detection of a single shallow transit in…
Illustration of a Failed Supernova Explosion Forming a Black Hole NASA, ESA, and P. Jeffries (STScI) A massive star in the Andromeda galaxy has seemingly vanished…
Image of SN Eos supernova taken by the James Webb Space Telescope Astronomers have identified a colossal star’s explosion shortly after the universe emerged from the…
Recent multi-year observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, along with data from the Fred Lawrence Whipple and Roque de los Muchachos Observatories, have unveiled how…
Astronomers utilizing ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured stunning shock waves surrounding the white dwarf star 1RXS J052832.5+283824 (commonly known as RXJ0528+2838). This extraordinary phenomenon…
Astronomers reveal new insights into the factors influencing star formation efficiency in the densest regions of galaxies through Caffeine research. GAL316: A massive star-forming region. Image…
Telescope Capture at Grasslands Observatory Credit: Tim Hunter et al. (2025) A long-lost star, discovered by the legendary astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard in 1892, has been…
IRAS 23077+6707: A Turbulent Protoplanetary Disk – Located approximately 1,000 light-years away, this young star exhibits an unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent surrounding protoplanetary disk, with material…
Composite image of Fomalhaut’s dust belt (center hidden). The inset displays dust cloud cs1 taken in 2012 together with dust cloud cs2 from 2023. NASA, ESA,…
Astronomers have utilized data gathered from a network of space and terrestrial telescopes to identify AT 2024wpp, the most radiant blue light transient (LFBOT) ever recorded.…
Artist’s Impression of Population III Stars in the Early Universe Noir Lab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Space Engine/M. Zamani The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers astronomers a unique…
The universe has undergone significant changes. Examining the contrasts between the universe as we perceive it today and its origin nearly 14 billion years ago is…
The Pleiades star cluster, also referred to as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an open star cluster situated around 440 light-years away from Earth…
Artist’s impression of a coronal mass ejection in a star Olena Shumahalo/Collingham et al. Astronomers have successfully identified the first clear evidence of a coronal mass…
A supermassive black hole in the process of engulfing a massive starCalifornia Institute of Technology/R. Hurt (IPAC) Astronomers have made an astounding discovery of the brightest…
On Earth, we may not often realize it, but the sun regularly ejects massive clumps of plasma into space known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Astronomers,…
A researcher suggests that the binary star system TOI-2267 is likely home to two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an additional candidate. A new paper published in…
This orange dot represents a gamma-ray burst, thought to indicate an extraordinary event.ESO/A. Levan, A. Martin-Carrillo et al. A black hole that has consumed a star…
A supernova may have directed cosmic rays towards Earth Muratart/Shutterstock Approximately 10 million years ago, a volatile star might have unleashed cosmic rays toward Earth, and…
A stunning new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a star cluster known as N11, located within the expansive Magellanic Cloud. This Hubble…
A multitude of objects inhabit space, from tiny dust grains to enormous black holes. However, the focus of astronomers is primarily on these objects’ formations, held…
In a recent study, Professor Jonathan Tan, an astrophysicist from the University of Virginia and Chalmers Institute of Technology, suggests that the population III.1 supermassive star…
A magnetar, a type of neutron star, can be the source of fast radio bursts Science Photo Library/Alamy A peculiar burst of light from the early…
This began as a project involving my daughter and her friend. Being part of the smartphone generation, they were both 14 at the time and eager…
What might the artistic concept of a gas giant in orbit around Alpha Centauri A resemble? ESA/Webb Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI, R. A massive planet…
The newly identified Stephenson 2 DFK 52, an extraordinary red supergiant, is situated within the expansive stellar cluster RSGC2. This image showcases the red supergiant star…
Gas bubbles surrounding red supergiant DFK 52 Alma/Mark Siebert et al. 2025 A dying star is shedding a massive sphere of dust and gas approximately half…
To celebrate the remarkable advancements in science during the third year, astronomers have utilized the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to capture images of the Cat’s…
The Hot-Jupiter exoplanet HIP 67522b revolves around its star, HIP 67522, frequently triggering flares from the star’s surface, which seem to heat and penetrate the planet’s…
Two concentric rings surrounding the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5 indicate it underwent two explosions. ESO/p. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al. A…
Astronomers utilize the exceptional sensitivity of the Mid-infrared instrument (Miri) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to investigate exoplanets within the three-ring debris disks surrounding…
Enthusiasts of Marvel movies and comics might recognize the tale of Thor’s Hammer, Mjolnir. This metal was crafted from the core of a dying star. While…
Illustration of TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star with at least seven orbiting planets Mark Garlick/Alamy Investigating the atmosphere surrounding the TRAPPIST-1 star system, one of the…
Mysterious stars might be fueled by dark matter Artsiom P/Shutterstock Astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence for the existence of Dark Stars—massive stars in the early universe…
The identification of TO-6894B, an exoplanet roughly 86% the size of Jupiter orbiting the low-mass Redd star (0.2 solar masses), underscores the importance of enhancing our…
oOn a recent Saturday afternoon in Kampala’s informal settlement in Uganda’s capital, a crowd of young men gathered on benches inside a dimly lit shed to…
This binary system comprises a PSR J1928+1815 along with a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar known as the Helium Star Companion. The AI impression of the compact…
For a century, astronomers have been studying Bernard's stars in the hopes of finding planets around them. First discovered by Ee Barnard at the Yerkes Observatory…
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are the highest energy particles in the universe, and their energy is more than one million times greater than what humans can…
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