Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween with a glowering, dying star
A hypnotizing vortex? A peek into a witch's cauldron? A giant space-spider web?
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Oct 28, 2021
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Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time
Astronomers have used a planet-hunting satellite to see a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time.
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Oct 18, 2021
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During close pass, Solar Orbiter captures Venus' glare
On Aug. 9, 2021, ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 4,967 miles (7,995 kilometers) of the surface of planet Venus. In the days leading up to the approach, the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager, or SoloHI, telescope ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2021
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Star-studded image of the Sextans B dwarf galaxy showcases astronomical curiosities near and far
This star-studded image shows the irregular dwarf galaxy Sextans B, which lies around 4.5 million light-years from Earth at the outermost edges of the Local Group. With a total mass of around 200 million times the mass of ...
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Apr 29, 2021
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'Star light, star bright' as explained by math
The evolving periodicity of the brightness of certain types of stars can now be described mathematically.
Mathematics
Apr 26, 2021
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High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship program
They may be the youngest astronomers to make a discovery yet.
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Jan 28, 2021
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Image: Hubble takes portrait of the 'Lost Galaxy'
Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 is truly a stunning sight to behold. Despite the incredible quality of this image, taken from the NASA/ESA ...
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Neptune-sized exoplanet discovered by NGTS survey
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new exoplanet as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found alien world, designated NGTS-14Ab, is about 30% larger than Neptune. The ...
Open cluster NGC 188 explored with AstroSat
Indian researchers have carried out ultraviolet photometric observations of an old open cluster known as NGC 188. Results of the study, conducted with the AstroSat spacecraft, provide important information about stellar populations ...
New gas giant exoplanet discovered by NGTS survey
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new gas giant alien world as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found exoplanet, designated NGTS-12b, is about the size of Jupiter, but more ...
