Many Milky Way stars could host planets like Earth, shows study
Researchers have developed a new method for better understanding the relationship between a star’s chemical composition and planet formation.
The researchers found that the majority...
How a supermassive black hole originates
Supermassive black holes, or SMBHs, are black holes with masses that are several million to billion times the mass of our sun.
The Milky Way...
Scientists solve the mystery behind the “Great Dimming” of the Betelgeuse star
Scientists have unraveled the mystery behind why Betelgeuse – a star in the constellation of Orion visible with the naked eye - became visibly...
Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar
For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been measured.
The researchers say it gives a...
Scientists map the boundary of heliosphere for the first time
For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds interact.
"Physics...
Asteroid 16 Psyche may be less metallic than expected
The widely studied metallic asteroid known as 16 Psyche might not be as metallic or dense as once thought, researchers report.
The asteroid was long...
Axions — if they exist — could tell us about first seconds after Big...
Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang,...
Star’s death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets
Astronomers from University of Warwick and University of Exeter modelling the future of unusual planetary system found a solar system of planets that will...
Scientists find a ‘blinking giant’ near the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers have spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the center of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away.
An international team of astronomers...
Organic molecules offer clues about dying stars and outskirts of the Milky Way
Scientists have observed, in unprecedented detail and spatial resolution, organic molecules in planetary nebulae, or the aftermath of dying stars.
Their work sheds new light...