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Astronomers Find Exoplanet With Ring Surrounding It, But for a Different Purpose Than You Might Think

When you first find out about a planet that’s surrounded by a disc, the first thing that pops into mind if you’re at least a bit passionate about astronomy is the planet Saturn from our own Solar System. But not…

September 14, 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

Astronomers Find New Method to Understand the Distribution of Planets Throughout the Milky Way

A few decades ago, astronomers weren’t sure that other planets exist in our galaxy except for the ones present in our Solar System. In other words, they suspected that exoplanets exist (planets from other solar systems), but they weren’t convinced.…

September 5, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Rogue Black Holes are Believed to Be Located in Unexpected Places

Black holes are certainly cosmic phenomenons that you wouldn’t wish to see anywhere near our planet. In fact, seeing them is also highly improbable, as they do not emit any light. Instead, black holes get noticed in much more terrifying…

August 29, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Our Milky Way Galaxy Features a Mysterious Splinter That Measures 3,000 Light-Years

Our Milky Way galaxy is unfathomably big, as pretty much any other galaxy in the Universe. Having a diameter of roughly 100,000 light-years across, the galaxy that hosts us all stretches across much larger distances in the Cosmos than any…

August 20, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Mysterious Radio Waves are Reaching Earth From Space

Astronomers always thought that extraterrestrial beings could have a mysterious way of “waving” at us from very far away. They could hold the key for unlocking many conundrums of the Cosmos. Would they be willing to teach us? Would they…

August 19, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Oldest Planet in the Milky Way Is Almost as Old as the Universe Itself

Who would have ever dared to imagine that astronomers will find a planet that’s almost as old as the Universe itself? The Big Bang event triggered the birth of our Universe roughly 13.7 billion years ago, according to most astronomers.…

August 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Are Baffled at the Discovery of a Huge Structure in the Milky Way Galaxy – Nobody Knows Exactly What It Is

Containing somewhere between 100 billion and 200 billion stars, our Milky Way galaxy always finds ways to amaze us all. Astronomers will probably never uncover all of its secrets, but it’s sure worth trying. The newly discovered structure is known…

August 7, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Find Inner Solar System with Intriguing Similarities to Ours and Located “Next Door”

Astronomers had always been trying to find a new home for all of us out there in the vastness of the Cosmos. Exoplanets don’t represent anything new anymore for a few decades. Judging only by how huge our Milky Way…

August 7, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Peculiar Star Mysteriously Tries to Escape the Milky Way

Astronomers estimate that the Milky Way galaxy has somewhere between 100 billion and 200 billion stars. Considering the diameter of 100,000 light-years that the galaxy has, those numbers don’t seem too astonishing anymore. Even so, some stars don’t seem to…

August 3, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0