Black holes growing faster than expected
(Phys.org)—Astronomers from Swinburne University of Technology have discovered how supermassive black holes grow - and it's not what was expected.
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Kepler mission discovers 461 new planet candidates
(Phys.org)—NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's "habitable zone," the region ...
Highly inflated Jupiters
There are currently 851 confirmed extra-solar planets. Of these, 289 were detected because their orbits (as seen from Earth) take them across the face of their host star, dimming the star's light in a transit event. The Kepler ...
Rare image of Super-Jupiter sheds light on planet formation
Astronomers using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" around the bright star Kappa Andromedae, which now holds the record for the most massive star known to host a directly ...
Astrophysicist suggests planetary misalignment due to multiple star impact
Most planetary systems 'flatter than pancakes,' astronomers discover
(Phys.org)—Our solar system looks like many others, "flatter than pancakes," report UCLA astronomers who were able to statistically determine the properties of planetary systems using the latest data from NASA's Kepler ...
Poetry in motion: Rare polar ring galaxy captured in new image
(Phys.org)—Brian Svoboda of the University of Arizona, who recently studied the chemical and temperature environment of NGC 660, believes that unique morphology arises from a previous interaction with a gas-rich galaxy. ...
Nearby super-Earth likely a diamond planet
(Phys.org)—New research led by Yale University scientists suggests that a rocky planet twice Earth's size orbiting a nearby star is a diamond planet.
Stellar makeup impacts habitable zone evolution
(Phys.org)—A star's internal chemistry can doom a planet's life long before the star itself dies.
Multi-tasking supernova: Record-breaking stellar explosion helps understand far-off galaxy
(Phys.org)—Nature hath no fury like a dying star—and astronomers couldn't be happier...
