A team of astronomers, led by JPL's Mark Swain, has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) astronomer and professor at the Johns Hopkins University Adam Riess as an Honorary Member. The Academy ...
... .71+575218.3 is the only one expected to pulsate, based on Montgomery's calculations.
The astronomers speculate that the pulsations are caused by changes in the star's carbon outer envelope as the ...
... eccentric orbit which is elliptical rather than circular. So, the question is: How could it have formed?”
The astronomers think the pulsar may once have been part of a triple system of stars and was ...
... sensitive version of the imaging technology found in everyday digital cameras -- will enable the astronomers to determine the ages of these stars and unravel the secrets of their origins.
This faint ...
Astronomer Sidney van den Bergh has been witness to a 'golden age' in his chosen field. He spoke with CBC News online about a lifetime of stargazing and other pursuits.
Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago. By decoding ghostly echoes of light travelling away from the remains of a supernova ...
... an apparent brightening of the light from a background "source" star. The effect is seen only if the astronomer's telescope lies in almost perfect alignment with the source star and the lens star. ...
... Hawaii. Keck II is equipped with a powerful adaptive optics system that corrects for the blurring of astronomical images caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere. The Keck system can also employ a ...
An international group of radio astronomers has found an unexpected morphology in the most distant radio quasar ever. This was done using the world's most sensitive network of radio telescopes called ...
... Way, the corpse of a star that exploded around 1000 years ago. Its shape, age and chemical composition will allow astronomers to better understand the violent ways in which stars end their lives...
A new mineral, the first to be discovered inside a particle from a comet, has officially been named in honor of University of Washington astronomer Donald Brownlee.
A copy of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' masterwork, printed in 1543, went for the out-of-this-world price of $2.2 million Tuesday at an auction of scientific books, Christie's reported.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space.
Astronomers are optimistic they will find Earth-like worlds in the near future.
