A Cosmic ‘Spider’ has been Discovered to be a Source of Powerful Gamma-Rays
Astronomers have identified the first example of a binary system in which a star in the process of becoming a white dwarf orbits a neutron…
Astronomy
Gliese 876 b – a Gas Giant Exoplanet
Gliese 876 b is an M-type star-orbiting gas giant exoplanet. It is an exoplanet that revolves around the red dwarf Gliese 876. It completes one…
Unexplained Radio Signal Unlike Anything Seen Before Found By Astronomers
Some somewhat massive, extremely magnetic objects generated enormous amounts of energy around 4,000 years ago. This massive energy beam is aimed at Earth’s current location…
Gliese 876 – a Red Dwarf
Gliese 876 is a red dwarf located about 15 light-years from Earth in the Aquarius constellation. It is a main sequence red dwarf that is…
Citizen Scientists Discover a Young-Jupiter-Like Object that Previous Exoplanet Searches had Missed
A new object circling a Sun-like star that had been missed by prior searches has been identified by citizen scientists. The object is thought to…
Astronomers have Discovered an Unusual Number of Globular Cluster Candidates in the Galaxy’s Furthest Reaches
A scan employing a mix of ground and space-based observatories discovered a wealth of previously unknown globular clusters, which are old, dense collections of thousands…
Almost 1,000 Mysterious Magnetic Filaments Discovered Around the Milky Way’s Core
Researchers discovered unexplained lengthy magnetic filaments near the center of our galaxy thirty-five years ago. Scientists have baffled by their origins for decades, but new…
Extremely Rare Intermediate Black Hole Found Orbiting Nearby Andromeda
The great majority of black holes we have seen fall into one of two categories. They are either stellar in size, weighing a few tens…
Those Underground Liquid Lakes on Mars May Have Been Just a Mirage
Researchers discovered evidence of liquid water lakes beneath Mars’ the South Pole in 2018. Scientists observed brilliant radar reflections compatible with big quantities of water…
Gliese 581 – a Red Dwarf Star
Gliese 581 is a star of the spectral class M3V (a red dwarf) at the center of the Gliese 581 planetary system in the Libra…
Gliese 649 b – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 649 b, also known as Gl 649 b, is an extrasolar planet that orbits the 10th magnitude M-type star Gliese 649, located 10 parsecs…
Gliese 649 – a Red Dwarf Star
Gliese 649 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Hercules that is approximately 34 light-years away from the Sun. An extrasolar planet has been…
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