Massive gas giant planets locked in a gravitational struggle
A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit!
On...
How can Titan maintain its atmosphere
Saturn’s moon Titan is perhaps one of the most fascinating moons in the Solar System.
It’s the second largest of all the moons in our...
How well could earth life survive on exoplanets
Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets.
Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may...
Planet formation favors the metal-rich inner Milky Way
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers have turned their attention to the...
Astronauts are going to check if there are microbes on the outside of the...
On Thursday January 30th, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are doing a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Among other goals, they’ll be...
Why the first stars couldn’t grow forever
Star formation in the early Universe was a vigorous process that created gigantic stars.
Called Population 3 stars, these giants were massive, extremely luminous stars,...
Did space rocks deliver organic material to dwarf planet Ceres?
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have received organic material from space, according to new research.
Scientists believe...
Scientists witness dying exoplanets disintegrating in real time
Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars’ intense heat.
Both are disintegrating before our telescopic eyes, leaving...
Astronomers spot a giant radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times the size of the Milky Way.
This massive...
The universe is messier than we thought, finds study
Over the past 13.8 billion years, the universe has grown into a vast, intricate web of galaxies, stars, and cosmic structures.
But according to new...