QS Virginis – a White Dwarf
QS Virginis is a cataclysmic variable formed by an eclipsing binary system around 163 light-years distant from the Sun. It’s a white dwarf, by the…
Astronomy
How to Watch the Launch of JWST, the World’s Largest Space Telescope, Live
The big day has finally arrived! JWST, Hubble’s successor, and the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope is set to launch soon. It will…
Jupiter’s Innermost Radiation Belts Contain Oxygen Ions
High-energy oxygen and sulfur ions have been discovered in Jupiter’s inner radiation belts, as well as a previously unknown ion source. Nearly 20 years after…
HD 126614 – a Trinary Star System
HD 126614 is a trinary star system located in the Virgo equatorial constellation. It is classified as a Subgiant Star. It is not part of…
Carbon Discovered recently may hold clues to the Origins of Mars
Curiosity, NASA’s Mars rover, landed on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012, and has since roamed Gale Crater, collecting samples and sending the results…
At Least 70 New Rogue Planets Discovered In Biggest Haul Yet
Astronomers may have identified the most rogue planets ever discovered. These worlds are free-floating, separated from their stars by interstellar space. At least 70 additional…
Astronomers Discover a Massive Planet Hidden in Plain Sight
A UC Riverside astronomer and a group of keen citizen scientists have discovered a massive gas planet that was previously hidden from view by standard…
HD 13931 b – an Extrasolar Planet
HD 13931 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It is an extrasolar planet that orbits the G-type…
The Discovery of a Highly Unusual Black Hole Merger
It’s possible that two black holes will collide. When they are so close that they can no longer escape each other’s gravity, they will merge…
The Internal Ocean of Saturn’s Small Moon has been Discovered
‘Mimas’, Saturn’s innermost moon, could have been hiding an internal ocean. The evidence comes from NASA’s Cassini mission, which spent a decade exploring Saturn and…
NASA Is About To Open 50-Year-Old Sealed Lunar Sample from Apollo 17
Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan took a sample of lunar soil from the Taurus-Littrow Valley on the Moon in December 1972 and returned it to…
Material from Asteroid Ryugu Starts To Give Up Secrets of Early Solar System
Material from the Japanese Hayabusa 2 mission to Asteroid (162173) Ryugu returned to Earth just over a year ago. The first two studies reporting on…
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