Tag Archives: Astronomers

After Decades of Searching, Astronomers Finally Spot Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star  SciTechDaily The Red Supergiant’s Companion Is Discovered, Solving Centuries-Old Mystery  Discover Magazine ATLANTIC SKIES: It’s official, Betelgeuse has a stellar companion  PNI Atlantic News WATCHING THE SKIES: Aug 3 – 9 | Betelgeuse has a ‘Betelbuddy,’ astronomers say  LehighValleyNews.com Companion Star to Red Giant Found, Proof of Two Supernovae: Oregon Coast Astronomy  Oregon Coast …

It Shouldn’t Exist: Astronomers Discover a Planet Orbiting the “Wrong Way”  SciTechDaily Source link

A new pre-print paper involving sometimes-controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has suggested a way we could intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it hurtles through the Solar System.  On July 1, 2025, astronomers spotted an object moving through the Solar System at nearly twice the velocity of previous interstellar visitors ‘Oumuamua and Comet Borisov. The object, which was confirmed to be …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the Sculptor galaxy. And if your …

Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with supermassive black holes. A powerful flare, linked to a star being torn apart by a black hole, was observed twice—two years apart—by a team of researchers led by Tel Aviv University. This phenomenon challenges current understandings of tidal disruption events and raises …

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Astronomer’s ‘Temporary Spokesperson’ After Coldplay Kiss-Cam Scandal  The New York Times One Reason Gwyneth Paltrow Said Yes to Viral Astronomer Ad Poking Fun at CEO’s Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama (Exclusive)  People.com Delta Gamma Wild Child? Astronomer CPO’s College Party Days Surface Amid Coldplay Kiss Scandal  Yahoo Home Exclusive | Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot was on overseas work trip when …

Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company was involved with the latest Astronomer video featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. The ad is being hailed as a master class in crisis PR. It comes days after the former CEO and former head of HR were seen embracing at a Coldplay concert. Astronomer might have gotten the last laugh following the viral moment that caught …

Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planet Just 35 Light-Years Away  SciTechDaily This ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet 35 light-years away might have what it takes to support life  Yahoo Home Astronomers Find Five Rocky Planets Around a Small Red Dwarf, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone  Universe Today NEWS🚨: Astronomers Find Five Planets Around a Small Star, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone  Vocal Exoplanet …

QUICK FACTS What it is: A potential planet around the star HD 135344B Where it is: 440 light-years away, in the constellation Lupus When it was shared: July 21, 2025 Deep within a swirling disk of gas and dust around the star HD 135344B, a young planet appears to be sculpting intricate spiral arms around its stellar host. It is …

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and asteroids born elsewhere in the galaxy that zip by the sun as they drift through the Milky Way. They’re not so much visiting as just passing through. Though these objects were speculated to exist for a long time, we didn’t …