Using the VLBA, the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array of radio telescopes, astronomers have found a Saturn-sized planet orbiting a small, cool star that’s only 35 light years away!
Aug 14th: When Stars Wobble
Space Scoop Archive
Jul 24th: Poof! A Massive Disappearance!
Today we have a story about a mischievous star is located 75 million light-years away in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy. #spacescoop @unawe #365daysofastro
May 30th: The Twist Marks the Spot
In the accretion disc of AB Aurigae, astronomers observed a clear overall spiral structure with a little twist or a spiral kink in the accretion disc that marks the spot where a planet may be forming.
Apr 24th: A Puzzling Geometry Conundrum
Imagine standing on the planet Tatooine from Star Wars and seeing two suns in the sky. Planets and stars also have their own geometry, but sometimes the answer doesn’t add up. Check today’s #spacescoop by @unawe with @RichardDrumm
Oct 30th: The Mystery of the Shrinking Storm
Oct 3rd: Is Earth Special?
In an exciting discovery, water vapor has been found in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet planet known as K2-18b, which is 110 light years from Earth in the constellation Leo.
Aug 24th: Handle with Care: Astronomers Build an Explosive Collection
Collecting stuff is fun but it can also tell you something about the things you’re collecting. One of the collection are pictures of stars explosion.
Apr 27th: Mystery Solved: Ghost Particles Come From Blazing Galaxies
The South Pole is a hostile environment; it’s a frozen desert but for the last 8 years, scientist try to look for this answers: What shoots beams of tiny, almost undetectable particles at Earth?
Mar 7th: Tiny Explosions Pack a Mighty Punch
Listen to this story from the Sun as it tells its story in layers of light, each layer reveals what’s happening at different depths and temperatures. #spacescoop @unawe #365DaysOfAstro
Feb 27th: Could Life Exist on One of Saturn’s Moons?
Could Life Exist on One of Saturn’s Moons if it has water? @unawe #spacescoop #365DaysOfAstro