‘In the News’ Archives

You’d think a star wouldn’t stand a chance against a supermassive black hole. But astronomers have … “Star survives black hole, returns for another round”

TOI 1227 b is a young, Jupiter-sized exoplanet 330 light-years away. It orbits close to its … “This baby exoplanet is shrinking toward a sad destiny”

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we’d been … “Jaw-Dropping Image Reveals Dying Stars Entangled Like Serpents”

Astronomers say they’ve just observed the birth of a new solar system. They caught the … “Witnessing a solar system’s dawn, for the 1st time”

Hidden cozied up to Betelgeuse, a bright red star in the constellation Orion, astronomers may … “Betelgeuse’s companion star revealed in new images”

Our Milky Way galaxy consists of gas, dust and billions of stars. They trace out its spiral … “A hidden molecular cloud near our Milky Way’s center”

Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated … “A 400-Year-Old Mystery About The Sun May Finally Be Solved”

Two black holes have collided in a merger that could revolutionize our understanding of black hole growth. Named GW … “Record-Sized Collision Between Black Holes Detected by Astronomers”

One of the greatest mysteries facing scientists today is the Hubble tension: the fact that our … “Earth could be in a huge void, Big Bang sound waves suggest”

Scientists are constantly finding new ways to look at things, and that’s especially true for … “A Supermassive White Dwarf Is Pulsating Rapidly, Revealing Details Of Its Interior”