Stellar Astronomy

Supernova Requiem: Rerun of Enormous Blast From Exploding Star Expected To Appear in 2037

Titan Galaxy Cluster Magnifies the Light from a Distant Supernova and Splits It into Multiple ImagesIndividuals over the centuries have not been reluctant to make forecasts concerning the future. However, a few of them should have maintained their projections to themselves. The head of state of the Michigan Savings Bank, as an example, forecasted...

Hubble Catches the Final Acts of a Monster Star

Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, C. BrittThis contrasting view shows blowing dust bubbles and an emerging gas shell-- the last acts of a monster star. You can check out the information of the nebula bordering the star AG Carinae in the high-resolution pictures listed below.This Photo of the Week showcases new sights of...

In a New Study, Researchers Show a Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets

How unusual is our Solar System? In about 30 years since planets were first discovered orbiting stars besides our Sun, we have found that planetary systems are prevalent in the Galaxy. However, most of them are pretty different from the Solar System we know.The worlds in our Solar System revolve around the Sun in...

A Stellar Collision Triggers a Supernova Explosion

Fast-moving debris from a supernova explosion triggered by a stellar collision crashes into material thrown out earlier, and the shocks cause bright radio emission seen by the VLA. Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSFAstronomers have found remarkable evidence that a black hole or neutron star spiraled its way right into the center of a companion star...

How Scientists Found Rare Fireball Meteorite Pieces on a Driveway — and What They Could Teach us

Image of the fireball in 28 February. (Image credit: UK Meteor Observation Network, Author provided)Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences in the Open University, related who on February 28th at 21:54 GMT, around the time of the late evening news in the UK, a different news story emerged in the night sky -...

Signs Indicate the Presence of a New Hot Planet Near the Famous Star Vega

Vega is the fifth brightest star, excluding the sun, that can be seen from Earth. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)A possible searing-hot planet was spotted by astronomers, orbiting Vega, one of the brightest and most known stars in the sky.Approximately the size of Neptune, the candidate alien planet lies very close to Vega, taking 2.5 Earth...