Astronomy JWST spies hints of a neutron star left behind by supernova 1987A February 24, 2024 / 25 / 0 Within the dusty cloud left behind by supernova 1987A, the most famous... Continue reading
Astronomy Astronomers are puzzled over an enigmatic companion to a pulsar January 21, 2024 / 34 / 0 Circling around a pulsar in our galaxy is a mysterious entity that... Continue reading
Astronomy A bar of stars at the center of the Milky Way looks surprisingly young December 14, 2023 / 45 / 0 The biography of our home galaxy may be due for some revisions.... Continue reading
Astronomy 50 years ago, astronomers challenged claims that Barnard’s star has a planet December 8, 2023 / 47 / 0 For decades, scientists and science fiction authors have speculated about whether Barnard’s... Continue reading
Astronomy A rare, extremely energetic cosmic ray has mysterious origins November 24, 2023 / 56 / 0 The “Oh-My-God” particle has a new companion. In 1991, physicists spotted a... Continue reading
Astronomy This extreme star might have huge tidal waves August 21, 2023 / 75 / 0 Like ocean surf smashing on a sandy beach, enormous waves of plasma... Continue reading
Astronomy JWST’s hunt for distant galaxies keeps turning up surprises August 20, 2023 / 80 / 0 When Brant Robertson saw a new measurement of the distance to a... Continue reading
Astronomy Meet Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for JWST and advocate for LGBTQ+ astronomers August 10, 2023 / 91 / 0 One of a telescope operator’s primary jobs is to keep any stray... Continue reading
Astronomy Ryugu asteroid samples are sprinkled with stardust older than the solar system July 14, 2023 / 106 / 0 Samples of the asteroid Ryugu contain bits of stardust that predate the... Continue reading
Astronomy 50 years ago, a search for proof that the Maya tracked comets came up short June 25, 2023 / 92 / 0 Comets, novas and the Mayans — Science News, June 30, 1973 Did... Continue reading
Astronomy A star cluster in the Milky Way appears to be as old as the universe June 24, 2023 / 105 / 0 One of the oldest known objects in the universe is wandering around... Continue reading
Astronomy ‘Under Alien Skies’ imagines what the sky looks like on other planets June 22, 2023 / 99 / 0 Under Alien SkiesPhilip PlaitW.W. Norton & Co., $30 Why is the sky... Continue reading