PSR B1620-26 – a Binary Star System
PSR B1620−26 is a binary star system located 3,800 parsecs (12,400 light-years) away in the Messier 4 globular cluster (M4, NGC 6121) in the constellation…
Astronomy
Collisions between Black Holes and Neutron Stars Might Help Settle the Debate Over the Expansion of the Universe
According to a recent simulation study headed by experts at UCL (University College London), studying the explosive collisions of black holes and neutron stars may…
Most Heavy Elements in the Universe Might Come From Neutron Star Collisions
The r-process, a series of nuclear reactions that occur in the most powerful occurrences in the Universe, produces the heaviest elements in the periodic table.…
PSR B1257+12 – a Millisecond Pulsar
PSR B1257+12 is a millisecond pulsar located 2,300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Virgo, rotating at approximately 161 times per second (faster than…
Evidence of a Decreased Atmosphere on Ancient Mars has been Discovered by Planetary Scientists
Both Earth and Mars now have oxidizing atmospheres, which is why rust (a popular term for iron oxide) forms during the oxidation reaction of iron…
WASP-189 b – an Extrasolar Planet
WASP-189 b is a gas giant that is roughly 1.5 times the size of Jupiter. It is also known as HD 133112 b, an extrasolar…
It is Still Not Aliens Mysterious Proxima Centauri Signal Turns out to Be Just Us Again
The Breakthrough Listen project, which is part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), received an unexplained signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri in…
Blue Origin, Boeing, and others join Sierra Space to build a commercial space station
Sierra Space revealed more details about its ambitions to launch a private space station, including the announcement that Blue Origin and Boeing would be joining…
WASP-12b – a Class of Extrasolar Planets
The doomed planet WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter that is being torn apart by its parent star. It is a hot Jupiter (a type of…
WASP-3b – an Extrasolar Planet
WASP-3 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of an F-type star. It is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star WASP-3,…
Kepler-186f – an Exoplanet
Kepler-186f is an exoplanet that orbits the red dwarf Kepler-186 about 500 light-years (178.5 parsecs, or nearly 5.0×1015 km) from Earth. The size of Kepler-186f…
Upsilon Andromedae b – an Extrasolar Planet
Upsilon Andromedae b is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation Andromeda, approximately 44 light-years from the Sun. It is an exoplanet in the form…
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