... describe the spacecraft and the many astronomical sources of x-rays it is designed to observe - from stars and planetary systems to supernovae, galaxies and supermassive black holes. As an academic text, it comes complete with the usual panoply...
... that we truly have a universal law for galactic systems," said Federico Lelli, formerly an astronomy postdoctoral fellow ...thought of in a similar way to Kepler’s Laws for planetary systems, which does not care whether the planet is rocky like ...
...Centauri – the nearest star to us – casts doubt on whether the Solar System’s nearest exoplanetary neighbour, Proxima b, which orbits the red dwarf star, would be suitable... yet that indicates the star has a rich planetary system like ours.”
... how scientists think Neptune and Uranus formed in our own Solar System. "Astronomers have just begun to investigate the atmospheres of these ... of the wide diversity of planetary systems beyond our own. It's a very exciting time to be in this field."
... to 'see' the birth places of star and planetary systems and therefore observe processes which would normally be obscured ...have also been at the forefront of the multi-wavelength interferometer system that will be used on the JWST. This involved the...
...replaced by an isolated outer region composed of an intricate system of thin rings and gaps. This perplexing and never seen... progress on interpreting these sharp rings seen in young planetary systems. Here, one small planet interacting with tiny dust ...