Where does the Solar System really end?
We could say that this is where the Sun’s gravity ceases to be strong enough to prevent objects from escaping. …
Astrophysics
Super-puffs, NASA’s nickname for this trio of planets
/ In 2012, scientists discovered the solar-type star Kepler 51 and detected 3 planets in its orbit. These planets are…
Epic Nova Eruption From Rare Star Is So Bright You Can See It With The Naked Eye
If you look carefully into the night sky, you might see a star that wasn’t visible last week.In the equatorial…
Newfound black hole may be the closest to Earth
How small can a black hole be? For several decades, astronomers have worked to answer this question by tallying the…
AR Scorpii: White dwarf punishes red dwarf with electron beams at relativistic speeds
Astronomers used ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes both on the ground and in space, and discovered a new…
ASASSN-15lh: superluminous event explained by rotating black hole “swallowing” star
This artist print shows a Sun-like star near a fast-rotating supermassive black hole with a mass about 100 million times…
Dancing Ghosts: A New, Deeper Sky Scan Offers Surprises to Astronomers
Examining recent telescope data, we saw two ghosts dancing in the depths of the cosmos. We had never seen…
Cosmic rarity: researchers identify the most massive star
STAR RMC 136a1 RMC 136a1 or R136a1 is a Wolf-Rayet star at the center of the star cluster RCM 136,…
Origin of near earth asteroids
Near earth asteroids are asteroids that have been pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow…
NASA seeks volunteers to undergo simulated Mars conditions
The tests will help investigate methods and technology to solve and avoid potential problems on manned missions to Mars. NASA…