Astronomers led by Durham University in the UK used NASA's TESS to observe a unique phenomenon of a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time.
"Downtown" space is just about 25,800 light-years away, a short hop in cosmic distances. A light year is the number of years that light travels, in this case to reach the Earth.
Early observations with this Webb Telescope will exhibit its capability of distinguishing the stars' individual light in the local universe making the most of the powerful capabilities of such a device.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, recently announced via Twitter that his company's satellite internet service Starlink would have speeds close to 300 Mbps in late 2021.
A new study describes a possible new kind of star in an occurrence usually linked to destruction, instead of a creation or also known in the field of astronomy as "the merger of two white dwarfs."
The famous Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which has provided priceless service to scientists for more than five decades, is set for dismantling after incurring irreparable damage.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO puts an end to worries if the Starlink Broadband Satellites will ruin the astronomy; or, if it will be considered a threat to the telecom industry; or if SpaceX is going to spin out Starlink anytime soon. His answer to all of these is a big "NO."
Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have taken a photo of a plenary nebula called the CVMP 1. The snapshot was taken during the Cerro Pachon summit in Chile. The said plenary nebula is located in Circinus' southern constellation some 6,500 lightyears away.
Its mass is 20 Earth masses and it speeds around its star in a full orbit every 1.3 days. Astronomers have found an exoplanet so rare that they have deemed it "The Forbidden Planet," according to a new study.
The largest of the three planets in the Kepler-47 system In the Kepler-47 system, astronomers have discovered a third planet, and they secured the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.
Astronomers are watching closely a strange red star in space that emits peculiar signals and trying to explore the key reason and source of this signal.
How are the planets formed? What is the required temperature and amount of gas present during the formation process? The astronomers found all these answers now.
Earlier, researchers shocked the whole world by the statement that there is the world is bigger than earth and situated after Neptune. Find out how much truth has been found so far about the Planet Nine.