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Astronomers have confirmed our solar system’s most distant planetary object, nicknamed Farfarout, is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto is. Pluto, the dwarf planet, resides around 3.1 billion miles from the Sun, while Farfarout is an incredible 12.2 billion miles from the Sun. Officially called 2018 AG37 but affectionately referred to as Farfarout, the … Read more
High school students deemed ‘youngest astronomers ever’ discover four exoplanets 200-light-years away using the space-based TESS Kartik Pinglé, 16, and Jasmine Wright, 18, discovered four new exoplanets The pair used the TESS satellite to observe a sun-like star 200-light-years away Three of the planets are sub-Neptunes and the other is a super-Earth By Stacy Liberatore … Read more
A puzzling line up of six-exoplanets moving in a rhythmic dance as they orbit their star have been discovered in a system 200 light years from Earth. Researchers used the European Space Agency CHEOPS space telescope to detect the unusual explanatory formation – and it could shed light on how systems form. University of St … Read more
A puzzling line up of six-exoplanets moving in a rhythmic dance as they orbit their star have been discovered in a system 200 light years from Earth. Researchers used the European Space Agency CHEOPS space telescope to detect the unusual explanatory formation – and it could shed light on how systems form. University of St … Read more
Most distant supermassive black hole known to science is detected by astronomers more than 13 BILLION light years from Earth Researchers used the ALMA telescope array in Chile to discover the quasar A quasar is a type of supermassive black hole that is releasing a lot of energy This object was discovered when the universe … Read more
Most distant supermassive black hole known to science is detected by astronomers more than 13 BILLION light years from Earth Researchers used the ALMA telescope array in Chile to discover the quasar A quasar is a type of supermassive black hole that is releasing a lot of energy This object was discovered when the universe … Read more
Amazing image shows a dying galaxy ejecting 10,000 Suns-worth of gas every year after a giant collision – weakening its ability to form stars Researchers observed the galaxy when the universe was 4.5 billion years old The gas expelled was likely the result of an earlier merger with another galaxy This gas leak effectively caused the galaxy … Read more
Amazing image shows a dying galaxy ejecting 10,000 Suns-worth of gas every year after a giant collision – weakening its ability to form stars Researchers observed the galaxy when the universe was 4.5 billion years old The gas expelled was likely the result of an earlier merger with another galaxy This gas leak effectively caused the galaxy … Read more
The mystery at heart of Milky Way: Astronomers still stewing after 70 years over mushroom clouds at centre of galaxy… so were they caused by exploding stars or a black hole swallowing a gas cloud? The bizarre cloud were first spotted in the 1950s and called the North Polar Spur Experts put forward several ideas … Read more
China will permit foreign astronomers to use its 1,600-foot radio telescope for the first time this summer. The Five-hundred meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is the world’s largest single-disc radio observatory, used for spotting cosmic phenomena and searching for extraterrestrial life. It’s one of the only ‘Sky Eyes’ remaining after the decommissioning and collapse … Read more