VX Sagittarii – an Extreme Asymptotic Giant Branch Star
VX Sagittarii is a red hypergiant star in the constellation Sagittarius, located in the southern hemisphere. It is an extreme asymptotic giant branch star located…
Astronomy
There are Probably Almost Twice as Many Earth-like Planets as we thought
In an effort to colonize other worlds in the future and perhaps to find life in our galactic neighborhood, the good news is that we…
The Smallest and Most Massive White Dwarf Yet has been Discovered by Astronomers
An international team of astronomers has discovered the smallest and heaviest white dwarf yet, a remnant of the star known as ZTF J1901 + 1458,…
The “Moon Doctor of Berlin” who Claimed to Cure People with Lunar Rays
Like many in history, the late eighteenth century was a bad time to get sick. Go to a doctor and you can expect very little…
An International Team of Astrophysicists Detect First Black Hole-Neutron Star in Two Separate Events
Two black holes ate their neutron star companions a long time ago in two galaxies roughly 900 million light-years apart, causing gravitational waves that finally…
Delays in the Moon Mission could Increase the Risk of Solar Storms
Although patterns in the timing of moderate space weather events are known, the timing of the most extreme and dangerous events was thought to be…
SpaceX Announces Tentative Plans to Launch First Orbital Flight Next Month
Hello and welcome to the Daily Crunch for Monday 28th June how much time did you spend on your phone this weekend? Not much? Based…
UV Ceti – a Binary Star which is one of Earth’s Nearest Neighbours
UV Ceti is a binary star that is one of Earth’s nearest neighbors. It is also known as Gliese 65, is a binary star system…
The Boundary of the Heliosphere has been Mapped
Scientists created the first-ever 3D map of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space using data from NASA’s IBEX satellite. The heliosphere’s boundary…
Lightning impacts of Thunderstorms and Solar Flares on the Ionospheric D-region
A team of researchers examined the effects of thunderstorms and solar flares on the ionospheric D-region using data collected by an Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR)…
A New Study involving Thousands of Stars using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
The long-standing interactions between stars and the planets that orbit them, including the Sun and Earth, may be even more complex than previously thought. This…
Luminous Red Nova – an Explosion in Space
Luminous red novae give rise to a new type of variable star, which explodes into cool supergiants. LRN is a space explosion. It is most…
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