Chaotic Young Star System Holds the Key to Planet Formation
By directly measuring the mass of a protoplanetary disc, astronomers have begun to unravel the mystery of planet formation.
Tag: stars
Astronomers Solve the Mystery of Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’
Astronomers are no longer in the dark about the dimming of Betegeuse.
Galactic neighbourhoods have an influence on stellar nurseries
A newly conducted in-depth cosmic census has revealed that star-forming molecular clouds come in an array of shapes and sizes.
What are stars made of?
The vast majority of stars are made almost entirely of hydrogen (about 90%) and helium (about 10%), with trace amounts ...
How Stellar Winds of Dying Stars Are Shaped
Astronomers have captured stellar winds emitted by aging stars in unprecedented detail.
Warped gas disc torn apart by three stars directly observed for the first time
This spectacular three-star system is radically different than our solar system.
What is the largest star in the known universe?
“Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.” ― ...
Runaway star ejected from the centre of the Milky Way at incredible speed
Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black ...
Some ancient Globular Clusters may not be ancient at all
New research has provided some surprising answers regarding the origins of globular clusters the oldest visible objects in the Universe — some ...
Older stars move faster than younger ones, research shows
The galaxy's elderly unexpectedly move faster than stellar younglings.
NASA finds new exoplanet that orbits three different suns
The planet is so close to its host star that it only has a 5.36 day-long orbit. At this distance, ...
Two billion years ago, Andromeda ‘ate’ a sister-galaxy of the Milky Way
The findings could topple our current understanding of how galaxies merge.
The Universe’s densest stars have a maximum mass limit, researchers find
Stopping just shy of a black hole's density, neutron stars play a dangerous game.
How to find constellations: a starter’s guide
You'll never know what's written in the stars for you if you can't read them.
The first ever supernova-in-progress seen shows we don’t quite yet understand them
A really lucky find.
Astronomers discover the first white dwarf pulsar in history, ending half a century of searching
It's small but it will rip you apart using only magnetism.
Astronomers may have discovered a new cosmic phenomena — and we don’t really know what it is
What we do know is that it blasts enormously powerful X-rays into the void.
Scientists may have seen a black hole being born for the first time ever
Awww, it has your....mass.
New class of star-stripped super-Earths discovered
Astrophysicists have discovered a new class of exoplanets whose atmospheres and volatile elements have been blown away by the star ...
Gold doesn’t fall out of the sky – but it’s created in the heavens
Research based on recent observations of a nearby gamma-ray burst, GRB 130603B, help explain how gold, silver and other heavy ...