High school student creates soundscape of exploding stars
Using data from the Zwicky Transient Facility, Southern California high school student Vanya Agrawal creates new "space music."
In September 2023, Vanya Agrawal, a senior...
Scientists discover “cotton candy” planet WASP-193b
An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant planet with an extremely low density, similar to that of cotton candy.
This new planet, named...
Scientists observe the dawn of a sun-like star with Hubble
Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image...
A star became 1,000 times brighter, and now astronomers know why
Astronomers were surprised in 1937 when a star in a binary pair suddenly brightened by 1,000 times.
The pair is called FU Orionis (FU Ori),...
White dwarfs are often polluted with heavier elements. Now we know why
When stars exhaust their hydrogen fuel at the end of their main sequence phase, they undergo core collapse and shed their outer layers in...
TRAPPIST-1 outer planets likely have water, shows study
The TRAPPIST-1 solar system generated a swell of interest when it was observed several years ago.
In 2016, astronomers using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals...
Some clever ways to search for primordial black holes
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) have recently received much attention in the physics community. One of the primary reasons is the potential link to dark...
Scientists discover key molecules for origins of life in space
A team of scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is making significant strides in understanding the early forms of life in the...
Scientists discover giant magnetic rings in the Milky Way’s halo
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the Milky Way's halo: enormous magnetic rings.
This finding is significant because the origin and behavior of cosmic...
Supermassive black holes got started from massive cosmic seeds, shows study
Supermassive black holes are central to the dynamics and evolution of galaxies.
They play a role in galactic formation, stellar production, and possibly even the...