Tag: Astronomers
Gaia space telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars
Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects accompanying very bright stars within the Gaia data catalog, including so-called “failed stars,” otherwise known as brown dwarfs. [more…]
Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores at cosmic dawn
Astronomers have spotted two active black holes merging at their farthest distance ever — just 900 million years after the Big Bang. This is the [more…]
Astronomers investigate giant molecular clouds in the galaxy NGC 613
12CO(1-0) integrated-intensity map of NGC 613, with the 356 GMCs identified overlaid. Resolved clouds are shown as dark blue open ellipses, unresolved clouds as cyan [more…]
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere — a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they [more…]
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth’s atmosphere with new calibration technique
Old versus new. Left shows an image of a piece of sky observed with the hitherto best calibration technique. Right shows the same piece of [more…]
Astronomers have solved the mystery of why this black hole has the hiccups
Enlarge / Scientists have found a large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas. Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT In December 2020, astronomers spotted an [more…]
