Astronomy

Massive Stars are Often Referred to be the Universe’s Chemical Factories by Astronomers

Massive Stars are Often Referred to be the Universe’s Chemical Factories by Astronomers

Massive stars are often referred to be the Universe’s chemical factories by astronomers; they usually finish their life in spectacular supernovae, which are responsible for…
Jupiter’s Puzzling “Energy Crisis” Explained by its Mighty Auroras

Jupiter’s Puzzling “Energy Crisis” Explained by its Mighty Auroras

For 50 years astronomers have been confused about Jupiter’s “energy crisis”, the difference in the measured temperature of the atmosphere above it, and it seems…
A Planet Half Venus’ Mass and Hints of Habitability Found in Amazing Planetary System

A Planet Half Venus’ Mass and Hints of Habitability Found in Amazing Planetary System

The L98-59 system has become a particularly desirable destination for planetary astronomers. Despite recent advances, human observations are not happening soon, but space telescopes have…
Bezos’s Blue Origin Loses Lunar Lander Appeal as US Government Upholds NASA SpaceX Contract

Bezos’s Blue Origin Loses Lunar Lander Appeal as US Government Upholds NASA SpaceX Contract

Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin has lost an appeal in April to challenge NASA’s decision to award only one lunar lander deal to rival SpaceX. The federal…
X Carinae – a Beta Lyrae variable in the Constellation Carina

X Carinae – a Beta Lyrae variable in the Constellation Carina

X Carinae is a Beta Lyrae variable in the Carina constellation. It’s a yellow hypergiant. It is visible to the naked eye and can be…
Pandemic-Driven Liquid Oxygen Shortage Threatens ULA, SpaceX Launches

Pandemic-Driven Liquid Oxygen Shortage Threatens ULA, SpaceX Launches

The COVID-19 pandemic’s repercussions are still being felt in the most improbable of places: spaceflight. Due to pandemic-related shortages of liquid oxygen (LOX), NASA unexpectedly…
According to a New Study, the Asteroid may not be as Metallic or Thick as Previously Assumed, and It may have a Very Different Origin Story

According to a New Study, the Asteroid may not be as Metallic or Thick as Previously Assumed, and It may have a Very Different Origin Story

16 Psyche, a well-studied metallic asteroid, was long considered to represent the exposed iron core of a tiny planet that failed to form during the…
According to New Research, Any Life Discovered on Planets Circling White Dwarf Stars Very Definitely Developed After the Star Died

According to New Research, Any Life Discovered on Planets Circling White Dwarf Stars Very Definitely Developed After the Star Died

According to recent research done by the University of Warwick that exposes the implications of the strong and violent stellar winds that would pummel a…
CE Tauri – a Red Supergiant Star

CE Tauri – a Red Supergiant Star

CE Tauri is a red supergiant star in the Taurus constellation. It is not part of the Taurus constellation outline, but it is within its…
Photobombs from Unusual Exoplanets CHEOPS investigates a neighboring Star System

Photobombs from Unusual Exoplanets CHEOPS investigates a neighboring Star System

While studying two exoplanets in a nearby star system, the CHEOPS satellite discovered the system’s third known planet crossing the star’s face. As the scientific…
The Haziness of Exoplanet Atmospheres is determined by Aerosol Particle Properties

The Haziness of Exoplanet Atmospheres is determined by Aerosol Particle Properties

Many exoplanets have opaque atmospheres that are obscured by clouds or hazes, making it difficult for astronomers to determine their chemical compositions. According to a…
Alpha Scorpii – a Red Supergiant Star in the Milky Way Galaxy

Alpha Scorpii – a Red Supergiant Star in the Milky Way Galaxy

Alpha Scorpii (Scorpii,) is the sixteenth brightest star in the night sky and a red supergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy. When viewed with…
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