A large international team of astronomers has discovered that ... In February of this year, a ring was discovered around Quaoar, which called into question theories regarding how ring systems ...
Now, astronomers at MIT and the University of Wisconsin ... This Neptune-sized candidate orbits its star in around 10 days, and is slightly farther away, 1,200 light years from Earth.
Barnes Scenes of the cosmos released this month by astronomers, spacecraft and photographers ... debris left by Halley’s comet as it travels around the sun. New high-resolution images of ...
Barnes Scenes of the cosmos released this month by astronomers, spacecraft and photographers ... debris left by Halley’s comet as it travels around the sun. New high-resolution images of ...
Introductory courses in physics and astronomy are designed to give students a broad background in the fundamentals of the discipline, an introduction to the logic and philosophy of science, and ...
Behind the feedhorn are a pair of low-noise amplifiers and bandpass filters to massage the 1,420 MHz signal that’s commonly used for radio astronomy, plus a Nooelec Smart SDR dongle and an ...
The Pinwheel Galaxy has a new bright spot. Astronomers and amateurs alike are excited about a new star explosion visible in small telescopes. Supernova hunter Koichi Itagaki, from Yamagata ...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have ... Also known as LEDA 3250, NGC 298 has diameter of around 40,000 light-years. It is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, ...
A team of U.S. astronomers has discovered that two-thirds of the planets around M dwarfs (red dwarf stars) could be roasted by extreme tidal forces, sterilizing them. But that leaves one-third of the ...
Folklore has it that if there are also thin, wispy clouds, a storm is coming - the saying goes: “Ring around the moon means rain soon.” According to the BBC Weather watchers website ...
The optical phenomenon called 'Sun Halo'--a bright rainbow-coloured ring around the Sun--was also witnessed in neighbouring states like Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. A rare optic ...