Astronomers

4 Planets Found Orbiting Earth’s Nearest Star. They Are Too Hot For Life

Washington DC: Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard’s Star, the second-nearest star ...

Largest Structure In Universe, 13,000 Times The Length Of Milky Way Discovered: Study

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named “Quipu” after an Incan measuring system, the superstructure spans an ...

Mysterious Icy Objects Found in Milky Way Baffle Astronomers: Everything You Need to Know

Mysterious icy objects thousands of light years away have been identified, leaving astronomers uncertain about their nature. The discovery was made through observations spanning ...

Astronomers Discover 19 New Quasars Using DESI Legacy Surveys Data

A significant discovery has been made in the field of astronomy, with 19 new quasars, including strongly-lensed, dual, and projected types, identified through analysis ...

Astronomers Capture Supermassive Black Hole Plasma Jets at Birth

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a supermassive black hole ejecting a jet of plasma traveling at one-third the speed of light. ...

Astronomers Discover How Massive Black Holes Create Their Own Meals

The universe’s most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them, astronomers have found. Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ...

T Tauri’s Great Dimming: Astronomers Study Young Star’s Potential Disappearance

The bright protostar T Tauri, situated 471 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is expected to vanish from view for decades. This dimming phenomenon, ...

Zombie Star’s Mysterious Spiky Filaments Baffle Astronomers in New Discovery

A strange and ancient supernova remnant, located roughly 6,500 light-years away from Earth, has been puzzling scientists. The remnant, known as Pa 30, surrounds ...