Astronomers Confirm Fifth Exoplanet in L 98-59 System
Called L 98-59f, this world is a non-transiting super-Earth with a very little mass of 2.8 Earth masses on a 23-day orbit inside the habitable zone of the little red…
Read More »
Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Stellar Companion
Utilizing the speckle imager ‘Alopeke on the Gemini North telescope, one half of NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have actually recorded direct pictures of Betelgeuse– the second-closest red supergiant to…
Read More »
Astronomers are racing to study our solar system’s newest ‘interstellar visitor.’ Here’s why.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will blaze through our planetary system for the remainder of the year before zooming away permanently. (Image credit: ESA/Las Cumbres Observatory ) The huge neighborhood is abuzz…
Read More »
Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen
Zoomed-in picture of the Sculptor galaxy, as seen by the Very Large Telescope. (Image credit: ESO/E. Congiu et al.) Astronomers have actually acquired a sensational brand-new picture of the Sculptor…
Read More »
Astronomers May Have Caught Still-Forming Gas Giant around RIK 113
Astronomers utilizing ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have actually caught incredible pictures of a remarkably structured planet-forming disk around the star RIK 113. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large…
Read More »
Astronomers Discover Dwarf Planet Candidate on 25,000-Year Orbit
Called 2017 OF201, the newly-discovered trans-Neptunian item is among the most far-off noticeable things in our Solar System and is most likely big (about 700 km in size) enough to…
Read More »
Astronomers identify first ‘good’ candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system
World Nine’s presence may discuss the strange orbit of some things in the Kuiper Belt. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Astronomers looking for a ninth world in our planetary system state they’ve…
Read More »
Astronomers discover giant ‘bridge’ in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery
The Perseus galaxy cluster taken by the Subaru Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. The freshly found subcluster is on the. Overlaid in blue is the presumed circulation…
Read More »
Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest’s worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
An illustration of a breaking down world orbiting a huge star. (Image credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT) Researchers have actually found a world that is actually breaking down as it orbits…
Read More »
Astronomers Measure Rotation Rate of Uranus with Unprecedented Precision
The rotation duration of Uranus was approximated to be 17.24 hours in 1986 from radio auroral measurements made by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft. Utilizing the long-lasting tracking of Uranus’ magnetic…
Read More »