The Suspense is Killing Us. The Next Planet in the TRAPPIST System Gets the JWST Treatment
The TRAPPIST-1 system is easily the most exciting collection of exoplanets ever discovered by astronomers. The system contains seven rocky…
An Unfortunate Planet is Undergoing “Extreme Evaporation,” Melting Under the Extreme Heat From its Star
Astronomers have known something strange is happening at the star FU Ori for decades. The star brightened dramatically about 85…
Can We Predict if a System Will Have Giant Planets?
Prediction is one of the hallmarks of scientific endeavors. Scientists pride themselves on being able to predict physical realities based…
The Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions
There's some potentially big news on the hunt for dark matter. Astronomers may have a handle on what makes this…
Astronomers Have Never Detected Merging Supermassive Black Holes. That Might Be About to Change
A new study suggests that pulsars could act as natural gravitational wave sensors, setting limits on supermassive black hole mergers…
Even Though They’re Bigger, Generation 2 Starlinks are Fainter than Gen 1
We've filed plenty of reports here at UT warning about the potential impact of Starlink and similar satellites on the…
Astronomers See the Same Supernova Four Times Thanks to a Gravitational Lens
Thanks to a well-placed gravitational lens, a team of astronomers was able to observe a supernova four times!
The Best Particle Collider in the World? The Sun
Recently astronomers caught a strange mystery: extremely high-energy particles spitting out of the surface of the Sun when it was…
We Could See the Glint off Giant Cities on Alien Worlds
How large would an extraterrestrial city have to be for current telescopes to see it? Would it need to be…
JWST is Powerful Enough to See a Variety of Biosignatures in Exoplanets
According to a new study, JWST is powerful enough to detect the chemicals in the atmospheres of various terrestrial planets…