The entire solar system, ours at least, sits inside a pocket of low density called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This cavity in space is 1,000 light-years across, at least, and tips the thermometer at ...
With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...
The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...
Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...
Another finding was how dramatically the planets varied in brightness over just three years. The team discovered that PDS 70 ...
NGC 3256 is a fascinating peculiar galaxy in the constellation Vela ... it is part of the vast Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster complex.
The instrument, dubbed Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme, or MagAO-X, observed two young planets orbiting PDS 70, a very young 5 million-year-old star in the constellation Centaurus, 370 light-years ...