Astronomy

Astronomers discover wandering black hole

The gravity of the invisible black hole enlarges and brightens the background star (arrow). © NASA/ESA, Kailash Sahu (STScI); Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Black...

Even on Mars, Windows 98 is now obsolete

Mars Express' MARSIS instrument will undergo a major software update that will allow it to peer even better beneath the surface of Mars...

No, the Chinese (most likely) did not receive a signal from aliens

The FAST radio telescope may have seen signs of an alien civilization, a Chinese newspaper reported last week. Other scientists don't want...

Gaia: Census of the Milky Way

ESA's Gaia satellite has now mapped the features and motion of nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way. © ESA/ATG medialab, ESA/Gaia/DPAC 1.5...

Neutrinomystery Still Unsolved

One American experiment thinks it has measured a surplus of certain neutrinos, the other sees nothing strange. Where does that come from? Neutrinos...

Two new super-Earths in the solar neighborhood

Artist's rendering of two super-Earths, HD 260655 b and HD 260655 c © NASA/JPL-Caltech Our cosmic neighborhood seems to be teeming with exoplanets, even our...

Possibly one of the youngest neutron stars ever discovered!

The object—which may well be the successor to the famous Crab Nebula—may be only fourteen years old. A neutron star is the remnant of...

Two planets discovered around nearby star

These are two rocky planets the size of Earth, located just 33 light-years away. Astronomers have discovered two rocky planets in our own 'cosmic...

Record-breaking fast nova keeps people busy

The unusual nova, which died out in less than a day, could lead us to answer some big questions about the formation of...

Interstellar travel without a starship: aliens might do it!

Aliens may not travel in starships, but on complete but lonely planets through interstellar space. Professor Irina Mullins comes up with this idea in...

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