Astronomers

Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist

Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of…

9 months ago

Astronomers Discover Most Powerful Cosmic Explosions Since the Big Bang

Astronomers have seen the most energetic cosmic explosions yet, a new class of eruptions termed "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs). These rare…

10 months ago

Astronomers Spot Nearly Perfect Supernova Remnant of Unknown Size and Distance

Glowing faintly on the Milky Way's outskirts, astronomers have found a nearly perfect spherical relic of a supernova, challenging accepted…

10 months ago

Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12 billion light years away

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from…

10 months ago

Super Earths are Quite Common Outside the Solar System, New Study Reveals

A team of international astronomers, led by Weicheng Zang from the Centre for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (Cfa), had…

11 months ago

Astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets common across the cosmos

Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common…

11 months ago

Scientists Reportedly Found a Potential Sign of Life on a Distant Planet: What You Need to Know

A team of astronomers have reportedly discovered biological activity outside the solar system. The scientists have revealed that the distant…

11 months ago

Astronomers Detect Methane in the Atmosphere of the Nearest T Dwarf Star to Earth

The scientists have found methane in the atmosphere of WISEA J181006.18 −101000.5, the T dwarf closest to Earth. The study…

11 months ago

Astronomers Spot a High-Speed Star That May Carry a Planet With It

A celestial object, possibly a small star with a massive exoplanet, has been observed moving through the Milky Way at…

1 year ago

T Tauri’s Great Dimming: Astronomers Study Young Star’s Potential Disappearance

The bright protostar T Tauri, situated 471 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is expected to vanish from view for…

1 year ago