Telescope

Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes evaporate, maybe even explode! How can we detect them?

How do you introduce yourself, scientifically? I generally say that I’m an astronomer. More specifically, I’m an exoplanet astronomer, meaning I study planets that exist around other stars. In our solar system, all the planets orbit the Sun. I’m…

Jupiter's moon Europa might not need the sun's rays to glow. If so, its color will shed light on the chemistry of the ocean world.

A team of international astronomers have identified the smallest free-floating "rogue" planet observed to date.

After a new star is born, the surrounding gas and dust flattens out into a rotating disk. Some of that matter will condense, eventually forming the planets that circle the star. Unfortunately, it is challenging to watch the formation of a new planet.…

The Parkes Telescope in Australia has detected a large percentage of all observed FRBs. [‘radio telescope’ from University of Bath] Something in outer space is shouting at us, but astronomers are still trying to figure out the source of this…