Warwick astronomers discover doomed pair of spiralling stars on our cosmic doorstep
Warwick astronomers discover the first double white dwarf binary, destined to explode as type 1a supernova April 04, 2025 Coventry,…
Category: Space
Sharper image: U of A-built instrument reveals pictures of ‘baby planets’
March 06, 2025 By Penny Duran, NASA Space Grant Science Writing Intern, University Communications Unprecedented observations of newborn planets reveal…
New Glenn NG-1 rocket completes a hotfire test
January 27, 2025 by Scott Alan Johnston, Universe Today New Glenn during successful integrated vehicle hotfire on December 27. Credit: Blue…
NASA’s “Planetary Defenders” Heads to the Sundance Film Festival
January 21, 2025 Trailer for NASA’s upcoming documentary, “Planetary Defenders,” which will take audiences inside the high-stakes world of asteroid…
Dark energy ‘doesn’t exist’ so can’t be pushing ‘lumpy’ Universe apart – study
December 23, 2024 By Royal Astronomical Society London, UK − (Highpoint Digest) − One of the biggest mysteries in science…
‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe through the JWST
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the…
A new era of solar observation
International team produces global maps of coronal magnetic field October 05, 2024 by Audrey Merket An illustration of the global…
Astronomers catch a glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet
September 26, 2024 By Niranjana Rajalakshmi, University Communications Artist’s illustration of the exoplanet WASP-107b based on transit observations from…
Magnifying Deep Space Through the ‘Carousel Lens’
A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity…
Gravitational waves unveil previously unseen properties of neutron stars
September 09, 2024 by Lois Yoksoulian | Physical Sciences and Media Editor CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A better understanding of…