Lunar, Solar Eclipses Hold Secrets to Other Worlds
[/caption] Want to know about the atmospheres of planets around other stars, and the stars themselves? Start at home. A…
Astronomers Announce First Newborn Stars at Milky Way’s Core
[/caption] Astronomers have found the first evidence of newborn stars at the center of the Milky Way, a region once…
IYA Live Telescope – Kaguya Impact: 18:30 UT / THE MOON
The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya will end its two-year mission with a controlled impact on the Moon’s surface on June…
First Extra-Galactic Planet May Have Been Detected
[/caption] Using a technique called Pixel-lensing, a group of astronomers in Italy may have detected a planet orbiting another star.…
Kaguya Will Impact the Moon on June 10
[/caption] The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya will end its two-year mission with a controlled impact on the Moon's surface on…
Ultracool Stars Orbit Crazily Around, Outside the Milky Way
[/caption] A recently discovered type of star called ultracool subdwarfs have unusual and wild orbits unlike any ever encountered, with…
The Curious Case of the Shrinking Star
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is undoubtedly enormous. But it’s shrinking, and astronomers aren’t sure why. Researchers at the University…
Tidal Tails are “Skid Marks” From Famous Galactic Collisions
Acting like CSI sleuths, astronomers have been able to unravel the history of galactic collisions from new images of the…
Volcanoes in Hawaii
[/caption] The Hawaiian Island chain is a group of islands formed by the constant eruption of a volcanic hotspot underneath…