'Once-in-a-lifetime event': Nova explosion to look like new star, NASA says
What researchers are calling a "Once-in-a-lifetime event," is a nova, or explosion, between two suns 3,000 lightyears away.
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The Winter Hexagon
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and use just your eyes to make a giant figure ...
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
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In a Sky Full of Satellites, Astronomers Find Creative Ways to Observe the Stars
Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...
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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
Protoplanetary disks are much smaller than previously thought, new study finds
Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large ...
Mysterious Space Signals Went Unexplained for Years – Astronomers Just Found the Star System Behind Them
A puzzling new type of radio signal – lasting seconds to minutes – has been linked to a binary star system featuring a white ...
This Newly Found Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Don’t Know What It’s Made Of
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...
Astronomy12d
Observe the brightest deep-sky objects
The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in ...
The Flat Hat13d
Burning Bright: Astronomy Club creates own outlet for space-loving students
In space news: the SpaceX rocket blew up again,” Astronomy Club president Mia Bridges ’25 said. The club members scattered in ...
Nature13d
Cleaning up space: how satellites and telescopes can live together
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back Astronomers are raising their voice in ...
Scientific American13d
Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four small planets around Barnard’s Star, one of Earth’s nearest and perhaps most notorious neighboring stars. The new discoveries verify a study ...