Tag Archives: Astronomers

Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found something that gives us a major clue. In a pair of new studies published in Nature Astronomy and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the astronomers report that they’ve found …

This week’s science news was bursting with mind-blowing astronomical observations, led by new discoveries about the origins of the comet 3I/ATLAS. The comet, an interstellar interloper from far beyond our solar system, was first spotted in late June. Now, scientists are finally closing in on its age and where it came from. They discovered it likely originated in the far …

Astronomers Uncover Hidden Rings of Light in the Deep Universe  SciTechDaily Strange rings of light appear to link together in space in new discovery  Mashable Most powerful ‘odd radio circle’ to date is discovered  The Royal Astronomical Society Stunning Double Ring System Is The Most Powerful Odd Radio Circle Found So Far  sciencealert.com 📡 Discovery in space of a strange and powerful double radio …

Astronomers spot young rogue planet gobbling up its surroundings  Reuters Astronomers spot fastest-growing planet ever detected  Euronews.com Rogue World Found Gobbling Material at Unprecedented Rate  sky and telescope.org Rogue planet caught behaving like a star in unprecedented observation  CNN Rogue Planet Feasting Faster Than Any World Ever Seen  SciTechDaily Source link

A still image from the animation of RAD J131346.9+500320. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India). When astronomers first started finding “odd radio circles,” or ORCs, they were baffled. These faint, ghostly rings of radio light seemed to float in deep space, surrounding galaxies like cosmic smoke rings. Now, scientists have discovered the most powerful and distant one yet, and this one …

Astronomers spot fastest-growing planet ever detected  Euronews.com Mysterious “rogue planet” spotted gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second  CBS News Rogue planet caught behaving like a star in unprecedented observation  CNN Rogue Planet Feasting Faster Than Any World Ever Seen  SciTechDaily Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach  Futurism Source link

A bold plan to power solar farms at night using sunlight reflected from space is placing a California startup on a collision course with the global astronomical community. Reflect Orbital has requested an FCC license to launch up to 4,000 satellites into orbit by 2030, significantly increasing the amount of clean, renewable energy that solar farms can produce. The project …

We have a suite of incredibly advanced, complex instruments to study the weather on Earth. Space weather isn’t any less complicated—quite the opposite, in fact—and so one would think that the measures we take to watch for such events should match that complexity. Astronomers, however, aren’t so sure we’re doing nearly enough. In a paper published October 6 in The …

Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers  Bloomberg.com Source link

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 TF (red crosshairs) came about as close to Earth as the International Space Station on Wednesday (Oct. 1), evading detection until hours later. (Image credit: ESA / Las Cumbres Observatory) A small asteroid zoomed past Earth closer than most satellites last week — and astronomers didn’t notice it until hours later. The surprise asteroid encounter occurred …