Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Does the universe have an end – or does it go on forever?
Above the atmosphere is space. It’s called that because it has far fewer molecules, with lots of empty space between them.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf star discovery could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 18, 2022
Light from outside our galaxy 3x brighter than expected, study finds
New measurements show that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known galaxies.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 12, 2022
Amazing interactive map lets you scroll through the universe
A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 22, 2022
Astrophysicists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 7, 2022
How big is the universe? Does outer space have an end?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going? What would you find?
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 7, 2022
Astronomers have identified the oldest star in our galaxy
Provides insight into the formation and evolution of asteroids, icy moons and Earth-like rocky planets in the early history of the universe.
Joshua Shavit
- Nov 6, 2022
Astronomers discover the oldest star clusters in the universe
A team of Canadian astronomers have used the James Webb Telescope (JWST) to identify the most distant globular clusters ever discovered.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 22, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 12, 2022
Astronomers at MIT find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Two stars in a binary system 3,000 light years from Earth are orbiting each other so closely that one of the stars has burnt out.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 22, 2022
Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star
Groundbreaking observation from Gemini Observatory suggests this and possibly other colossal stars are less massive than previously thought.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 16, 2022
Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
In the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit small stars
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 10, 2022
Stars determine their own masses
Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formations
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 5, 2022
Cambridge astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ the first stars of the early Universe
A team has developed a method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 22, 2022
Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time
The star system consists of a binary set of stars – two stars that orbit one another and then one, more massive star orbiting the binary.
Joseph Shavit
- May 27, 2022
New findings shed light on the origin of our galaxy's supermassive black hole
Newly discovered black holes in dwarf galaxies shed light on the origin of our galaxy's central supermassive black hole.
Joseph Shavit
- May 26, 2022
New discovery about distant galaxies: Stars are heavier than we thought
The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way's closest neighbor, is the most distant object in the sky that you can see with your unaided eye.
Joseph Shavit
- May 24, 2022
Planets of binary stars as possible homes for alien life
Planetary systems around binary stars may be very different from those around single stars and might point to extraterrestrial life.
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