January 2025

The study of exoplanets is challenging enough with the immense distances and glare from the host start but astronomers have taken planetary …

The discovery of a few thousand type 1a supernovae over the last few decades has helped measure the expansion of the Universe. …

Red dwarfs always make me think of the classic British TV science comedy show in the 90’s that was named after them. …

At the end of large engineering projects, the design team is typically asked to develop a document, in some cases called a …

If you want to know what the newly forming Solar System looked like, study planetary disks around other stars. Like them, our …

A spacecraft takes between about seven and nine months to reach Mars. The time depends on the spacecraft and the distance between …

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense flashes of radio light that last for only a fraction of a second. They are likely …

A zoomed-in view of the target, BD+05 4868 A, and its fainter binary companion, BD+05 4868 B, located 3.0′′ to the North-East. …

Exoplanets come in a variety of forms and one particular type, the Hot Jupiters have recently captured the attention of astronomers. They …

Predicting space weather is more complex than predicting traditional weather here on Earth. One of the most unpredictable kinds of space weather …