Airborne Dust May Determine Whether Distant Planets Are Capable of Hosting Life With thousands of planets already discovered beyond our Solar System, astronomers are keen to figure out which ones might be habitable for extraterrestrial life. […]
EXPRES looks to the skies of a scorching, distant planet Yale technology is giving astronomers a closer look at the atmosphere of a distant planet where it’s so hot the air contains vaporized metals. The […]
Cosmic tempest: Astronomers detect most energetic outflow from a distant quasar Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind from any quasar ever measured. This outflow, which is […]
Distant ‘quasar tsunamis’ are ripping their own galaxies apart At the center of almost every galaxy in the universe is a supermassive black hole gobbling up incredible amounts of matter, and belching out incredible amounts […]
Astronomers report most distant blazar ever observed Although it may have a difficult designation to remember, PSO J030947.49+271757.31, the most distant blazar observed to date, reveals important details about ancient black holes and places tight […]
Distant giant planets form differently than ‘failed stars’ A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a […]