Most stars in the Milky Way move in quiet and orderly orbits around the galactic center, but that is not the case for all of them. Every now and then a maverick is caught breaking ranks, zooming along at speeds that will eventually launch him into intergalactic space. These ‘hypervelocity’ stars are extremely rare, but … Read more
The vast expanse of the night sky, a canvas studded with countless stars, is about to reveal a rare and spectacular phenomenon. Brace yourself for a stellar light show as T Coronae Borealis, a seemingly inconspicuous star nestled in the Corona Borealis constellation, is on the verge of a dramatic nova explosion. T Coronae Borealis … Read more
In 2029, sky watchers may catch a glimpse of at least one human-made ‘star’ in the sky. Earlier this week, NASA announced plans to place a small satellite in orbit just over 35,400 kilometers above our planet’s surface – far enough so that the satellite can mimic a real star for telescopes at Soil. Scientists … Read more
A unique NASA mission aims to place a new ‘star’ in the sky by the end of this decade to help solve many of the universe’s greatest mysteries, scientists have announced. The Landolt NASA Space Mission aims to send an artificial stellar satellite into orbit by “early 2029.” Peter Plavchanan astronomer at George Mason University … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! by Tomasz Nowakowski, Phys.org Discovery transit photometry of SPECULOOS-3 b. Credit: Gillon et al., 2024. × close to Discovery transit photometry of SPECULOOS-3 b. Credit: Gillon et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new … Read more
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using NASA’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They observed twoin disks and parallel jets erupting from a few young stars in the star system WL20, located more than 400 light-years away in the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex. This unexpected finding provides new … Read more
Astronomers have had a big surprise with the discovery that a star known as WL 20S, which has been studied extensively since the 1970s, is actually not one but a pair of stars. The discovery of the surprising twin was made with the James Webb Space Telescope during a survey of a group of young … Read more
Webb’s mid-infrared instrument, which was managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until launch, also revealed jets of gas streaming into space from the twin stars. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they pointed the observatory at a group of young stars called WL 20. The region has been … Read more
This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red giant companion. This forms a red-hot disk around the dwarf, which could unpredictably undergo a spontaneous thermonuclear explosion as the red giant’s hydrogen trap becomes denser and reaches a tipping point. These fireworks … Read more
American news By means of Patrick Reilly Published June 12, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Scientists around the world are eagerly awaiting a cosmic nova event that NASA says will add a “new star” to the night sky sometime between now and September. The spectacle will be so bright that it will be visible to the … Read more