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Harvard University Professor Abraham Loeb, pictured in an undated photo, claims in a new book that aliens visited earth in 2017 but scientists ignored it Aliens already visited earth in 2017 and scientists ignored it, a top astronomer from Harvard has claimed. Professor Avi Loeb, the longest-serving chair at the Ivy League college in Cambridge, … Read more
Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more
Astronomers have captured a stunning photo of an incredibly rare and explosive pair of stars dubbed ‘one of the peacocks of the stellar world’. The star system, made of two so-called Wolf-Rayet stars revolving around each other while spewing out plumes of glowing carbon dust, is more than 8,000 light years away from Earth in … Read more
TV astronomer Heather Couper dies aged 70 with colleagues paying tribute to the ‘charismatic’ Heavens Above presenter Heather Couper ‘died peacefully in her sleep’ at Stoke Mandeville Hospital She made regular television appearances on shows such as The Sky At Night Fellow astronomer Nigel Henbest paid tribute to his ‘charismatic’ best friend By Sophie Law For Mailonline … Read more
TV astronomer Heather Couper dies aged 70 with colleagues paying tribute to the ‘charismatic’ Heavens Above presenter Heather Couper ‘died peacefully in her sleep’ at Stoke Mandeville Hospital She made regular television appearances on shows such as The Sky At Night Fellow astronomer Nigel Henbest paid tribute to his ‘charismatic’ best friend By Sophie Law For Mailonline … Read more