‘In the News’ Archives

Japanese researchers said this month (September 7, 2023) that a possible Earthlike planet – with a mass some 1.5 … “A new Earthlike planet in the distant Kuiper Belt?”

A planet located 950 light years from Earth is explosively losing its atmosphere and creating … “Star blows giant exoplanet’s atmosphere away, leaving massive tail in its wake”

Astronomers in Hawaii said this week (September 5, 2023) that they’ve discovered an immense bubble 820 million … “A billion-light-years-wide bubble of galaxies found!”

Astronomers have solved the decade-long mystery of how a bizarre cosmic object toggles rapidly between … “’Cosmic cannonballs’ exploding out of dead star could explain mysterious flicker in the night sky”

  A research team used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton to study the … “University of Michigan scientists study giant black hole that destroyed a massive star”

  Every 50,000 years or so, a nomadic star passes near our solar system. Most … “Wandering Stars Pass Near Our Solar System Surprisingly Often”

  The Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have observed the most distant star ever seen – Earendel – whose name … “How far back in time can we see?”

  NASA released new images Monday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Ring Nebula … “NASA’s Webb Telescope captures the dying star ‘Ring Nebula’ in new detail”

  The Solar Orbiter mission has discovered jets of material rapidly releasing from the sun’s … “Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun | CNN”

  Astronomers have been puzzling over a mystery on Neptune, and now they think they have … “Neptune’s disappearing clouds linked to solar cycle | CNN”