NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than…
Humans Watched This Supernova Explode Nearly a Millennium Ago. Now You Can See It in High Definition
Astronomers have obtained the most detailed image to date of the Pa 30 nebula, the remnants of a…
The formation of merging black holes via stable mass transfer in massive binary stars
Abac, A. G. et al. GWTC-4.0: an Introduction to version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophys. J.…
ALMA Reveals a Strange Hotspot on Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse, the fiery-orange beacon in Orion’s shoulder, has long fascinated astronomers. It’s a red supergiant nearly 800 times…
Stable mass transfer from a substellar object onto an M dwarf
Bellm, E. C. et al. The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results. Publ. Astron. Soc.…
Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf
Spectroscopic observations HS 0209+0832 was observed using HST/STIS in the FUV on 10 January 19994. Two exposures of…
Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever
How are planets born, and how do they grow? This is an essential question in astronomy, one that…
Astro Bob: See a spectacular occultation of Jupiter on Oct. 6 – Duluth News Tribune
Like a magician, the moon will make Jupiter disappear on the morning of Oct. 6, then “pull it…
Scientists Detect Radio Signals from an Exoplanet for the First Time in History
Approximately 63 light-years from Earth lies a planetary system so young that its less than 1 percent as…
Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World
Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using…
An eccentric massive protobinary assembled via a core-merger parabolic encounter
Chini, R., Hoffmeister, V. H., Nasseri, A., Stahl, O. & Zinnecker, H. A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity…
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Roman joins an international cohort of teamworking telescopes. Roman will work in tandem with many other NASA-led and…