Astronomy

“Wet” planetary nursery discovered

Artist's rendering of the water-rich inner disc of PDS 70 and the two gas giant planets that have already formed. © MPIA ...

Ashton Edwards - August 11, 2023

Astronomy

Insight into the mysteries of planet formation

A combination of two exposures detail the complex material system around the star V960 Mon. © ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al. ...

Ashton Edwards - August 3, 2023

Astronomy

Faintest galaxy in the early cosmos

Galaxy JD1 (detail) and the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which acts as a gravitational lens. © Guido Roberts-Borsani/UCLA); Original images: NASA, ESA, CSA,...

Ashton Edwards - July 18, 2023

Astronomy

Organic Molecules in an Early Galaxy

The early galaxy's light was distorted into a ring by gravitational lensing. The orange area in the ring indicates the spectral signature of...

Ashton Edwards - July 10, 2023

Astronomy

Additional planet discovered in “Tatooine System”.

Illustration of the method that led to the discovery of the circumbinary planet: In the radial velocity method, tiny shifts in the light spectrum...

Ashton Edwards - July 2, 2023

Astronomy

Phosphates in Enceladus’ Ocean

Beneath Enceladus' icy crust lies an ocean of liquid water that feeds its geysers. © Pitris/ iStock ...

Ashton Edwards - June 24, 2023

Astronomy

Special steam in distant hell atmosphere

Artist's rendering of the ultra-hot planet WASP-76b. © International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani Extreme heat with a mobilizing effect: astronomers have detected several rock-forming...

Ashton Edwards - June 20, 2023

Astronomy

Stellar giants in sight

In the universe far larger stars shine than our sun. © Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock They have enormous proportions – and their importance is also huge: In...

Ashton Edwards - June 4, 2023

Astronomy

Why metal-poor stars favor life

Although metal-poor stars irradiate their planets with more UV light than metal-rich ones, the ratio of ozone-forming UV-C to ozone-depleting UV-B radiation allows a...

Ashton Edwards - May 31, 2023

Astronomy

New look at the core of Mars

Seismic waves traversing the core of Mars have provided new insights into its features. © NASA/JPL; Nicholas Schmerr ...

Ashton Edwards - May 19, 2023

Astronomy

Asteroid Phaeton does not have a dust tail

Asteroid (3200) Phaeton near the sun (illustration). © NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC Unlike most meteor showers, the Geminids are not caused by a comet, but by the asteroid...

Ashton Edwards - May 11, 2023

Astronomy

Stellar dancing couple with a dark future

Artist's impression of the binary star system SSN 7: The smaller and hotter star with 32 solar masses (left) loses material to its 55...

Ashton Edwards - May 3, 2023

Astronomy

Galactic giants of the early cosmos

Six early galaxies imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. © NASA/ESA/CSA, I Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology); Image processing: G. Brammer...

Ashton Edwards - April 25, 2023

Astronomy

A young star at the black hole

Jungstern X3a and its surroundings. © Florian Peißker Extreme conditions prevail around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way – enormous tidal...

Ashton Edwards - April 17, 2023

Astronomy