How Does Oxygen Reveal a Galaxy’s Billion-Year Past?
Have you ever wondered how astronomers piece together the history of a galaxy that’s been evolving for billions of years?…
Astrophysics
Origin of gamma Cassiopeiae’s X-rays identified
The stellar object known as gamma Cassiopeiae, located within the Cassiopeia constellation and visible to the naked eye, has…
How Does Dust Become a Planet? Zero-G Flights Found Out
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered — how did all of this come to be?…
Is Jupiter’s Lightning Really 100× More Powerful Than Ours?
What if the lightning you see crackling across your sky is barely a spark compared to what Jupiter fires through…
Can Black Hole Collisions Break Einstein’s Theory?
What happens when two black holes — the most extreme objects in the known universe — slam into each other…
From dwarf to giant: the secret history of NGC 1365
A distinguished team of astronomers, spearheaded by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, has successfully employed galactic…
Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula: Is a New Star Being Born?
Have you ever stopped mid-thought and wondered — somewhere out there, at this very moment, is a star quietly coming…
Can a Saturn-Mass Planet Really Orbit Two Stars?
What would the sky look like if your world circled not one sun, but two? It sounds like science fiction…
What Creates the Crab Pulsar’s Mysterious Zebra Pattern?
Have you ever stared at a zebra and wondered why those stripes exist? Now imagine a dead star, spinning 30…
Did an Oval Orbit Just Rewrite How Stars Collide?
What happens when a neutron star and a black hole spiral toward each other — not in a neat circle,…