19 January 2016
Giant double-planet system around an evolved star detected by astronomers
... of stable configurations, with systems found to orbit around stars with different ages, including binaries and even pulsars. Nevertheless, multiple planetary systems around evolved giants, appear to account for a very small fraction of the planets...
29 February 2016
Missing matter still lost, as Fast Radio Burst not quite what it seems say researchers
... burst radio afterglow, and that its existence and timescale was not in line with originating from a pulsar or supernovae. As the team were able to measure the redshift of the burst along with its dispersion signal...
18 October 2016
Plans for first ever Space nation "Asgardia" announced today
... stemming from technogenic factors and sun radiation; cosmic radiation from nuclear reactions in novae, supernovae and pulsars; and the danger of Earth infection by microorganisms from meteors and other small celestial bodies. The third...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... at the turbulent and extreme environments of phenomena such as stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron stars and pulsars. The one thing these objects have in common is an abundance of high energy X-ray radiation and clues to the...
08 February 2017
Bridge between the Magellanic Clouds discovered
... measure the stars' properties. The astronomers are then able to locate various objects and events, including pulsars or explosions. The Cambridge team used Gaia data to study the Magellanic Clouds and locate RR Lyrae stars...
23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
... and evolve to produce the myriad of exoplanets we see today. Since the first confirmed detection of an exoplanet around a pulsar in 1991, thousands of exoplanets have been discovered and their diversity appears endless. All manner of exoworlds from...
