Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star
The motion of bubbling gas on the surface of the star R DoradusALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemming Giant bubbles of hot gas more than 75 times the size of our sun have…
The motion of bubbling gas on the surface of the star R DoradusALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemming Giant bubbles of hot gas more than 75 times the size of our sun have…
The comet Neowise and the Milky Way galaxyAdventure_Photo/Getty Images One of my favourite memories of July 2020 is standing outside on a clear summer evening looking at a beautiful comet,…
Illustration of a swiftly rotating brown dwarfNASA/JPL-Caltech Dark matter-fuelled brown dwarfs could be lurking at the centres of galaxies. If astronomers manage to spot them, they could teach us about…
Stellar cluster NGC 1333 is home to a large number of brown dwarfsNASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/NOAO/DSS Astronomers have found six new worlds that look like planets, but formed like stars. These so-called rogue…
A supernova remnant in the Milky Way galaxyChandra X-ray Observatory After a star explodes in a supernova, the remnants can reform into more stars again and again. These subsequent generations…
Illustration of a tidal disruption eventMark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole eating a giant star in the biggest and brightest example of this powerful…
akinbostanci/Getty Images As turning points in cosmic history go, the birth of the first stars is hard to beat. When they flickered into existence between 200 and 400 million years…
An artist’s impression of the very distant undead galaxyESO/M. Kornmesser A strange, zombie-like galaxy has been spotted in the distant universe. This undead galaxy stopped forming stars for 20 million…
This red blob is a distant galaxy with strange propertiesNASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI The “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) pose a cosmic conundrum.…
ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Ackno Since the opening act of the universe 13.8 billion years ago, a diverse set of characters have trod the boards – stars, planets, moons, quasars. But…