When considering the potential for life on exoplanets, we often start with the concept of a “habitable zone”—the area around a star where conditions might… Read More »The Impact of Stellar Neighborhoods on Planetary Habitability
Supermassive black holes, some containing billions of times the mass of the Sun, lie at the center of most galaxies, and researchers continue to observe… Read More »Astronomers Discover a Rapidly Growing Black Hole in the Early Universe
Modern astronomy has clung to the belief that the relativistic outflows or jets, responsible for the existence of electromagnetic radiation of particularly high energies, are… Read More »HAWC Observatory Reveals Microquasars as Powerful Sources of High-Energy Gamma Rays
One of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse, may not be on the brink of exploding as a supernova, according to a new… Read More »Astronomers Discover Companion Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young star cluster NGC 602. The local… Read More »Webb Reveals Secrets of Star Formation in the Early Universe
In 1181, ancient Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a bright “guest star” near the Cassiopeia constellation that lingered for six months… Read More »The Secret of the 1181 Supernova
Infrared astronomy has revealed so much about the universe, ranging from protoplanetary disks and nebulae to brown dwarfs, aurorae, and volcanoes on together celestial bodies.… Read More »Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Images of Exploding Stars
Researchers at the University of Michigan, using over 20 years of data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, have made new strides in understanding the enigmatic… Read More »X-ray Vision Reveals Secrets of Black Hole Jets
A new study by DTU Space researchers has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716… Read More »Neutron Star Spins at Record-Breaking Speed