Science news articles about 'research astronomers'

... nearly 200 light years away. The astronomers made observations of the planet eclipsing its star ... serve mainly as teaching tools. For research, astronomers often travel to remote mountaintops where ...

... sky area between the reference objects. This allowed the researchers to observe Jupiter for almost two hours ... member Mike Wong, a UC Berkeley research astronomer. The belt is some 18,000 kilometers ...

Despite thousands of years of research, astronomers know next to nothing about how the universe is structured. One strong and accepted theory is that large galaxies are clustered together on ...

... of years to reach their dust-forming red giant phase. Despite many decades of research, astronomers have still not found conclusive evidence that supernovae can produce dust in the quantities required ...

... holes and ripples in the space-time continuum could be happening all around us, according to new research. Astronomers examined 50 regular galaxies to determine their composition and structure, and ...

... penetrate dusty veils around stars. The research astronomers studied a massive young protostar ... lead author of the new work, who is now a researcher at the MIT Haystack Observatory. "Without the masers ...