Tag Archives: Astronomers

Finding an exoplanet in a star’s habitable zone always generates interest. Each of these planets has a chance, even if it’s an infinitesimal one, of hosting simple life. While the possibility of detecting life on these distant planets is remote, finding them still teaches us about exoplanet populations and solar system architectures. When TESS found three planets orbiting the M-dwarf …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is currently zooming beyond the reach of telescopes on its orbit around the sun. But as scientists wait for it to reappear, its revised …

“We Were Never Supposed to See This”: Astronomer’s Shocking Claim About 200-Light-Year-Wide Structure Feeding the Milky Way’s Core  Rude Baguette This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy’s center: ‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’  Space A hidden molecular cloud near our Milky Way’s center  EarthSky Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way  Phys.org A giant molecular …

The red supergiant Betelgeuse likely has a companion star, astronomers have confirmed. Long theorized to share an orbit with Betelgeuse — an extremely bright star that may go supernova in the next few thousand years — a sun-size companion star has finally appeared in unique observations taken with the Gemini North telescope high on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. If confirmed, the …

“Never Been Seen Before” – Astronomers Discover Bizarre “Infinity” Galaxy  SciTechDaily NASA’s Webb Finds Possible ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole  NASA Science (.gov) This Could Be The First Witnessed Birth of a Supermassive Black Hole  ScienceAlert The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Hole  Universe Today James Webb Just Found a Black Hole That Breaks the Rules and Now Physicists Are Tearing Each …

2025-07-24T22:10:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. A clip of a “kiss cam” footage from a …

Tantalizing evidence hints that dark energy might be evolving, leading some cosmologists to suggest that our universe will collapse in a “Big Crunch” sooner than expected. Over the past year, massive surveys of galaxies by both the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) have revealed that dark energy — the mysterious force that’s accelerating the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Gennady Borisov discovers comet C/2025 J1, a celestial body with unique characteristics, dubbed “almost interstellar.” 🔭 The comet follows an exceptionally inclined orbit, at 95.44 degrees to the Solar System, placing it beyond Mars and near the asteroid belt. 🔍 Despite its faint visibility, C/2025 J1 will remain observable for months, allowing astronomers to study its …

A team led by the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the Université de Montréal has achieved the most precise study to date of the L 98-59 planetary system, and confirmed the existence of a fifth planet in the star’s habitable zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist. Volcanic planets, a sub-Earth, and a water world Charles …

A team of astronomers from Taiwan has uncovered promising evidence suggesting the existence of Planet 9, a hypothesized planet beyond Pluto in the far reaches of our Solar System. This new potential discovery, based on data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and AKARI, a Japanese infrared satellite, could mark a significant step in confirming the existence of this elusive …