Astronomers Using Nasa’s James Web Space Telescope Just Gave a Cosmic Mystery a Serious Plot Twist. The event in question-a sudden brightening from a star about 12,000 light-yars away-Was initially chalked up to the star swelling into a red giant and engulfing a nearby plan, a Typical Tale in Some Star in Some Star in … Read more
Astronomers have identified four exoplanets orbiting barnard’s star, a red dwarf star just 6 light-yars away from earth. No, really, this time it’s for real! We have to emphasize this decision Astronomers have been “discovering” exoplanets orbiting barnard’s star -and then discoveling they were wrang – for a century. “Exoplanet” is the Technical Term for … Read more
Astronomers have uncovered the secret of an alien atmosphere on an exoplanet far beyond our Solar System, and it’s unlike Anything we’ve ever seen before. In a scientific first, an international team of astronomers have 3D mapped the atmosphere of planet wasp-121b, also knows as Tylos. Using the european southern observator’s very large telescope (yes, … Read more