Scientists discover ancient stardust in meteorite, offering clues to supernova origins
Scientists from Curtin University have made an incredible discovery: a rare piece of dust within an ancient meteorite, revealing secrets from a star far...
‘Space snowman’ reveals how some dormant deep space objects become ‘ice bombs’
A new study is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about distant objects in the far reaches of the solar system, starting with...
How to plan the optimal path for spacecraft beyond the sun’s reach
Imagine living in a house with a special shield that protects you from harmful things outside. Our solar system has something quite similar called...
Astronomers catch a supernova explode almost in realtime
Catching a supernova in action is tricky business. There is no way to predict them, and they don’t occur very often.
Within the Milky Way...
Neutron stars are jetting material away at 40% the speed of light
It’s a well known fact that black holes absorb anything that falls into them.
Often before material ‘vanishes’ inside it forms into an accretion disk...
Scientists find a large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas.
Far away in a distant galaxy, about 800 million light years from Earth, a supermassive black hole has been caught behaving oddly, almost like...
Astronomers only knew of a single binary cepheid system. Now they just found nine...
Measuring the distance to far away objects in space can be tricky.
We don’t even know the precise distance to even our closest neighbors in...
How distant galaxies light up the universe
In a universe filled with astonishing phenomena, a recent discovery has shed light on a unique kind of galaxy that harbors a cosmic secret.
These...
A new look at how planets are born
Imagine a young star, much like our own sun, but in its earliest days. Around it, there's a swirling dance of dust and gas....
Merging stars can lead to blue Supergiants
In the constellation of Orion, there is a brilliant bluish-white star. It marks the right foot of the starry hunter.
It’s known as Rigel, and...