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8-Year-Old Girl is Officially the Youngest Astronomer in the World

Even since most of us are kids, we start to look curiously at the stars and wonder about our place among them. We start to wonder things like who we really are, what’s the purpose of life, how big the…

October 1, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Discovered Mysterious Radio Signals from the Centre of the Milky Way

A group of astronomers discovered a radio source named ASKAP J173608.2-321635 near the Galactic Centre, inside the Galactic plane. According to the paper published on the 2d of September, the mysterious signal is a highly polarized and highly variable transient point source,…

September 7, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

NASA Celebrates: It’s the 100th Birthday of the 1st American Who Orbited the Planet

Born in 1921 and deceased in 2016, John Glenn was a United States Marine Corps engineer, aviator, businessman, politician, and, first of all: astronaut. The man was not only the first American who reached cosmic space but also the first…

July 18, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Mapped Over 100,000 “Star Nurseries” To Keep Track Of Where Stars Are Born

In a premiere survey of this kind, an international team consisting of over fifty astronomers identified over 100,000 spots where stars were born across 90 galaxies from the universe. The so-called star nurseries are regions of space where the stars…

June 15, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Astronomers Found What May Be One Of The Earliest Stars Of The Universe!

A vast star located at roughly sixteen thousand light-years away seems to be part of the second generation of stars in the known Universe. An analysis of its chemical abundances concluded that it appears to include elements that are byproducts…

May 16, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Astronomers Found A Trio Of New Planets Orbiting A Young Sun In A River Of Stars

According to a recent study from The Astronomical Journal, a team of astronomers discovered the young worlds with data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (also known as TESS). The planets are revolving around a star known as TOI 451.…

February 15, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Astronomers Likely Discovered The Birth Of An Exoplanet!

Planets are formed in massive swirling disks of gas and dust nearby young stars. Astronomers found many of these protoplanetary disks, and they often observe concentric gaps in the disks, that looks a lot like the grooves on vinyl disks.…

January 29, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

How Astronomers Will Analyze The Oldest Stars in The Universe From The Moon

NASA plans to return humans to the Moon by 2024 during the Artemis program, but our natural satellite might be an even greater ally for science than we thought. The last astronomers who landed on the Moon were Commander Eugene…

November 18, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Earth-Sized Rogue Planet Found by Astronomers

Planets usually orbit stars, taking advantage of their light and energy that can eventually lead to the formation of life. But there are also dark planets out there that do not revolve around any star – they’re called rogue planets,…

November 10, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0