ALMA finds well-developed protoplanetary discs around young suns Astronomy Now Online The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has captured stunning views of 20 nearby protoplanetary discs suggesting that large planets similar to Saturn …
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New Telescopes In Tow, Astronomers Start Search For 'Potentially Habitable' Worlds – Forbes
New Telescopes In Tow, Astronomers Start Search For ‘Potentially Habitable’ Worlds Forbes Granted, the M83 galaxy is gorgeous. But the picture is just a prelude, a test image taken by the new planet-hunting SPECULOOS telescopes. The four …
Virgin Galactic may reach space this week – Astronomy Magazine
Virgin Galactic may reach space this week Astronomy Magazine Virgin Galactic, which aims to send astronauts into space by Christmas this year, is planning to put its SpaceShipTwo vehicle through its next phase of testing …
Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Lots of Carbon – Astronomy Magazine
Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Lots of Carbon Astronomy Magazine Data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows that Ceres’ surface might have more than five times as much carbon as the most carbon-rich meteorites found on …
Catch close Comet 46P/Wirtanen near the Pleiades on 16 December – Astronomy Now – Astronomy Now Online
Catch close Comet 46P/Wirtanen near the Pleiades on 16 December – Astronomy Now Astronomy Now Online Until the light from a waxing Moon becomes too obtrusive mid-month, take advantage of any clear nights to catch a glimpse of Comet 46P/Wirtanen in…
Today in Lansing: Astronomy on Tap – City Pulse
Today in Lansing: Astronomy on Tap City Pulse Professors get out of the classroom and perform onstage with Astronomy on Tap, a program talking about cosmic oddities in an informal setting.
Astronomers confirm extended atmosphere on accretion disk of X-ray binary – Phys.org
Astronomers confirm extended atmosphere on accretion disk of X-ray binary Phys.org Astronomers use stellar eclipses to study the atmosphere of accretion disks around compact stars. SRON-researchers observed this method on a low-mass …
Villanova Prof Finds Super Earth With Astronomy Team: Report – Radnor, PA Patch
Villanova Prof Finds Super Earth With Astronomy Team: Report Radnor, PA Patch Villanova Prof Finds ‘Super Earth’ With Team – Radnor, PA – Villanova astronomy and astrophysics professor Edward Guinan was among a team of astronomers …
Astronauts investigate space station mystery hole – Astronomy Magazine
Astronauts investigate space station mystery hole Astronomy Magazine Who or what poked a hole in the Soyuz spacecraft? Two Russian cosmonauts did a seven hour spacewalk to find out.
What flattened this Martian crater? – SYFY WIRE
What flattened this Martian crater? SYFY WIRE A 3-km wide crater on Mars has a flattened rim, but it’s not clear why. Perhaps the nearby volcano played a part.