Astronomy
“Monster Planet” Discovered, Makes Scientists Rethink Theories of Planetary Formation
The discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet around a red dwarf star has caused astronomers to rethink some of their theories…
Exoplanet-Hunting Survey Discovers Three More Giant Alien Worlds!
Using data from the SuperWASP survey, an international team of astronomers has identified two new "hot Saturns" and one "Super-Neptune".
Astronomers Find Comets Orbiting a Star 800 Light-Years Away
Thanks to the efforts of a team of professional and amateur astronomers, the first extra-solar comets have been observed.
Wow! Asteroid/Dwarf Planet Ceres Once had an Ocean?
Two new studies produced by the Dawn mission team have shown that the protoplanet may have once had an ocean,…
Astronomers Start Mapping the Structure of the Far Side of the Milky Way
Thanks to a new study by an international team of astronomers, we now have the tools we need to map…
An Artificial Intelligence Just Found 56 New Gravitational Lenses
A team of European astronomers recently conducted the first use of AI to identify 56 new gravitational lenses from a…
GW170817 Update: Surprises From First Gravitational Wave Observed Independently
“This is quite literally a physics gold mine!” said Masao Sako, with the University of Pennsylvania. For over a week…
Project Blue: Building a Space Telescope that Could Directly Observe Planets Around Alpha Centauri
An international consortium of scientists known as Project Blue hopes to crowdfund the creation of a space telescope that will…
Neptune-Sized Exomoon Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet?
A new study by an astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research shows that the first exomoon…
Water Worlds Don’t Stay Wet for Very Long
A new study led by Princeton University shows that water worlds are likely to be stripped of their atmospheres (and…