Scientists discover an ultra-massive white dwarf merged by two stars
A massive white dwarf star with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere could be two white dwarfs merged together according to an international team led by...
Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
A young planet located 150 light-years away has given UNSW Sydney astrophysicists a rare chance to study a planetary system in the making.
The findings,...
Why antimatter created in the Big Bang didn’t just cancel out the matter
Scientists at the University of Sussex have measured a property of the neutron - a fundamental particle in the universe - more precisely than...
Scientists explore a massive star’s dying breaths
Betelgeuse has been the center of significant media attention lately.
The red supergiant is nearing the end of its life, and when a star over...
China’s lunar spacecraft digs 40 meters into the far side of the moon
A little over a year after landing, China's spacecraft Chang'E-4 is continuing to unveil secrets from the far side of the Moon.
The latest study,...
Solar storms could scramble whales’ navigational sense
When our sun belches out a hot stream of charged particles in Earth's general direction, it doesn't just mess up communications satellites.
It might also...
Magnetic fields on Mars ten times stronger than expected
New data gleaned from the magnetic sensor aboard NASA's InSight spacecraft is offering an unprecedented close-up of magnetic fields on Mars.
In a study published...
A year on this exoplanet is just 18 hours. It may soon die
Astronomers have observed the exoplanet NGTS-10b orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever observed for a planet of...
How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets
Astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very...
Scientists discover the shortest period hot Jupiter yet
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever observed...