Credit: PixabayIn 2024, a system designed to detect sudden brightening events discovered something strange. However, the automated system meant to identify the object couldn't determine what it was observing. Nearly a year later, we know it was the first tidal disruption event—where a star is torn apart by a supermassive black hole—seen in visible...
Credit: PixabayIn 2020, astronomers discovered WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant about 81 light-years from Earth. With about six times Jupiter’s mass, this “super-Jupiter” became the first known exoplanet to transit a white dwarf.JWST Observations Confirm WD 1856+534 b as the Coldest Exoplanet Ever DetectedIn a recent study, an international team of astronomers reported...
"Astronomers unearth a previously undiscovered celestial entity adrift in the cosmos" is a frequent news topic, yet it never fails to captivate. The most recent discovery introduces a novel category of stars – elderly red giants affectionately dubbed "Old Smokers" by the research team.
Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxyEHT Collaboration/CCA4.0Examining the stars in the night sky, it's unlikely you'd distinguish one as foreign. However, astronomers have identified a star near the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, suggesting it originated in a smaller galaxy consumed by ours.Among...
