We recently observed the strongest magnetic field ever recorded in the Universe. The record-breaking field was discovered at the surface…
About 460 light years away lies the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. It's a molecular cloud—an active star-forming region—and it's one…
The Big Bang produced the Universe's hydrogen, helium, and a little lithium. Since then, it's been up to stars (for…
About half of all the star systems in the galaxy are made of pairs or triplets of stars. Our solar…
Modern humans—or Homo Sapiens—have only been around for about 250,000 years. That's only the blink of an eye in cosmological…
Neutron stars are the end-state of massive stars that have spent their fuel and exploded as supernovae. There's an upper…
Using 12 years of data from the W.M. Keck Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered mystery objects near the center…
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…
A view of Kepler 47c and binary stars. ©Digital Drew. All rights reserved. What would it look like on a…
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Let's begin the week with some awesome galactic studies and enjoy a meteor shower during Summer Solstice!…