Instead of losing its atmosphere, an exoplanet puffed up and held onto it
To date, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 5638 extrasolar planets in 4,199 star systems.
In the process, scientists have found many worlds that have...
A new way to search for the first stars in the universe
Observing the earliest stars is one of the holy Grails of astronomy.
Now, a team at the University of Hong Kong led by astronomer Jane...
Webb Telescope discovers rich carbon chemistry in planet-forming disks around small stars
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing a wide variety of carbon-rich gases around a very low-mass star.
This finding...
Gaia reveals Milky Way’s last major collision was surprisingly recent
Our Milky Way galaxy has a history of colliding with other galaxies.
The European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has now revealed that the last...
Mysterious black holes might be clues to dark matter
Did you know that for every kilogram of visible matter in the universe, there are 5 kilograms of invisible matter?
This mysterious "dark matter" can't...
Earliest metal discovery challenges our understanding of first galaxies
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting carbon in a galaxy that existed just 350 million years after the Big Bang.
This is the...
Scientists discover the slowest-spinning neutron star
Australian scientists from the University of Sydney and CSIRO have discovered a neutron star spinning more slowly than any other known neutron star.
This remarkable...
Scientists find new ways to detect high-frequency gravitational waves
A team of researchers, led by Professor Tao Liu from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has proposed a new method to...
Webb Telescope’s quest to find habitable planets
Exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, are common in our galaxy.
Some of these planets orbit in the "habitable zone" of their star, a...
Astronomers overcome Earth’s atmosphere to capture clear radio images
An international team of researchers led by astronomers from Leiden University in the Netherlands has achieved a groundbreaking feat by producing the first clear...