by admin | Sep 15, 2024 | astronomy, Astrophysics, Galaxy, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
Have you ever wanted to make a $150,000 gamble? If you’re right, you open a new window to the universe. But if you’re wrong, you’ve just wasted a lot of money and time. That is exactly what my team did when we pointed the Keck telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in...
by admin | May 15, 2023 | Astrophysics, News, Planets, space, Space News, The Conversation
For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of its planets. The star, named ZTF SLRN-2020, is located in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila. As the star swallowed its planet, the star brightened to 100 times its...
