Astronomy
Closest Potentially-Habitable World Found Around “Quiet” Star
The ESO has announced the discovery of an exoplanet around a nearby "quiet" red dwarf star, which makes it more…
The Cygnus Constellation
Located in the northern hemisphere is the Cygnus constellation, one of the 48 constellations identified by Ptolemy and one of…
A Brown Dwarf Prevented a Regular Star from Going Through its Full Life Cycle
A team of Brazilian astronomers recently made an unexpected discovery, a binary system consisting of a low mass-white dwarf with…
Proxima Centauri has a Cold Dust Belt that Could Indicate Even More Planets
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, Proxima Centauri could have dust belts that indicate the…
They Just Began Casting the Giant Magellan Telescope’s 5th Mirror. What a Monster Job.
The 5th of the Giant Magellan Telescope's 7 gigantic mirrors is being cast at the Caris Mirror Laboratory, as the…
Messier 59 – the NGC 4621 Elliptical Galaxy
Located in the southern Virgo constellation, roughly 60 million light-years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier 59
Cutting-Edge Astronomy Confirms Most Ancient Galaxy to Date
Using a combined technique, a team of international astronomers have spotted a galaxy 11 billion light years away, making it…
Check Out NASA’s New Instrument that will Look for Life on Enceladus
NASA recently unveiled their SELFI instrument, which will search Enceladus' plumes to look for signs of life in the interior
Using Atmospheric Beacons to Search for Signs of Extra-Terrestrial Life
A new study by a team of NASA scientists has shown how searching for biosignatures known as atmospheric beacons could…
New Method for Researching Activity Around Quasars and Black Holes
A new method devised by a team of Chinese and US researchers could lead to accurate estimates on the masses…