Spacecraft Finds A Positively Enormous Planet 12 Times Jupiter's Mass
Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star is estimated to be 64 percent the mass of the sun. That makes Gaia-4b one of ...
This giant planet formed in a strange way, scientists find
Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...
Aldi shoppers rush to get their hands on £1.65-dupe of cult Easter chocolate that's 'better than Cadbury's'
According to a post on Facebook group Snack Reviews, the retailer has restocked its aisles with bars of Dairyfine Curious ...
Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But according to DarkSky ...
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Gaia was right. It did find a planet.
The ESA’s Gaia mission mapped the positions and velocities of stars with extreme precision by measuring about one billion ...
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Bullseye: Record nine-ring giant galaxy found, 2.5x the size of the Milky Way
In a remarkable astronomical discovery, a team of researchers led by Yale University has uncovered an extraordinary galaxy ...
Tucson, Arizona Just Introduced a New ‘Astro Trail'
Tucson's new ‘Astro Trail' is a collection of national parks, state parks, observatories, and planetariums, that offer a ...
Hubble Hits the ‘Bullseye,’ a Galaxy With Record-Breaking 9 Rings
The Bullseye is now confirmed to have nine rings, eight of which are visible to Hubble. Researchers confirmed the existence ...
Bright Planets, Bold Encounters: February’s Sky Comes Alive
A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...
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Making Sense of Space Weather: Q&A with Physicist Robyn Millan
What is space weather, what causes it, and how does it affect humans? Physicist Robyn Millan, who co-chaired a recent ...
High-precision spectrograph confirms massive exoplanet orbiting a low-mass star
With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...
Hubble Telescope Snaps Galaxy With Way More Rings Than Any Other
The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...