Astronomers are on the Search for Mysterious Hidden Signal from the Early Universe
People investigate the universe in a variety of ways: we build telescopes on the ground and in space; we send unmanned spacecraft to explore the…
Astronomy
KY Cygni – a Red Star in the Cygnus Constellation
KY Cygni is a red star in the constellation Cygnus. It is a red supergiant with the spectral class M3.5Ia that can be found in…
A Giant Comet of Our Solar System has been Discovered from the Dark Energy Survey
A massive comet from our solar system’s outskirts has been discovered in six years of Dark Energy Survey data. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is thought to be…
Astronomers Observed Earth-sized Worlds could be Lurking Undiscovered in Binary Star Systems
Some exoplanet searches may overlook nearly half of the Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. New research from the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter…
The Discovery of a New Type of Stellar Explosion – an Electron-capture Supernova
At Las Cumbres Observatory, a global team led by UC Santa Barbara scientists discovered the first convincing evidence for a new type of stellar explosion—an…
A Study Measuring Water Concentration in Venus’s Atmosphere
The amount of water in Venus’s atmosphere is so low that the planet cannot support even the most drought-tolerant microbes. A study of water concentrations…
KW Sagittarii – a Red Giant Star in the Sagittarius Constellation
KW Sagittarii is a red giant star in the constellation Sagittarius. It is a Supergiant Star with a high luminosity. It is 1,009 times the…
Melnick 34 – a binary Wolf–Rayet Star
Melnick 34 is a binary Wolf–Rayet star near R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud’s 30 Doradus complex (also known as the Tarantula Nebula). Both parts…
Astronomers identified a New Ultra-high Energy Gamma-ray Source
Ultra-high-energy gamma rays have photon energies greater than 100 TeV. (0.1 PeV). They have a higher frequency than 2.42 × 1028 Hz and a shorter…
Polaris – a Brightest Star in the Constellation Ursa Minor
Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the Pole Star, also known as the North Star. It is the brightest star in the Ursa Minor constellation. Because…
Physicist Explain How a Supermassive Black Hole Originates
How do supermassive black holes form in the early universe? A team led by a theoretical physicist has proposed an explanation: a massive seed black…
Astronomers created a High-resolution Image of a Boiling Cauldron where Stars are Born
The first high-resolution image of an expanding bubble of hot plasma and ionized gas where stars are born was created by researchers at the University…
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