Debris Ring Hints at First Planet Found in a White Dwarf’s Habitable Zone
A swarm of moon-sized objects has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star, their trajectories indicating that they are held in place by a larger,…
Astronomy
Rocket That Will Hit the Moon Next Month Does Not Belong To SpaceX
The news of a SpaceX rocket stage hitting the Moon a few weeks ago spread like wildfire. Now, the astronomer who is following it has…
Gliese 832 – a Red Dwarf
Gliese 832 is a red dwarf with the spectral type M2V located in the southern constellation Grus. It appears as a Main Sequence Star. It…
SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms
SpaceX has used its 460-foot “Mechazilla” tower’s pair of enormous “chopsticks” to grab its latest Starship prototype, called Ship 20, bringing the corporation one step…
NASA Says Space Debris Will Definitely Slam Into The James Webb Space Telescope
According to NASA’s science administrator Thomas Zurbuchen, the James Webb Space Telescope is “completely deployed,” which is certainly cause for celebration after decades of hard…
HD 28185 b – an Extrasolar Planet
HD 28185 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation…
According to a New Study, Neutron-Star Collisions are a “Goldmine” of Heavy Elements
In the centers of stars, most elements lighter than iron are forged. The white-hot core of a star fuels proton fusion, pushing them together to…
The Strange Shape in the Center of Andromeda could be Explained by a Gravitational ‘Kick’
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their centers produce a powerful gravitational “kick,” similar to a shotgun recoil. According to a new…
Exoplanet “Water Worlds” Could Hold Unfathomably Deep Alien Oceans
Thousands of exoplanets — planets that orbit a star outside of our Solar System — have already been discovered, and many of them have the…
Largest and Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe Created Using Supercomputers
A supercomputer has accurately reproduced the entire evolution of the cosmos in the 13.7 billion years since the Big Bang. The model appropriately aligns galaxies…
HD 108874 c – a Gas Giant Exoplanet
HD 108874 c is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It is a gas giant identified in 2005 that…
The Orbits of ‘Detached Objects’ Could Be Explained by Collective Gravity, Not Planet Nine
According to a new study, the dynamics of unusual things known as “detached objects” may be explained by bumper car-like interactions at the fringes of…
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