stars

An amateur astronomer accidentally caught an exploding star on camera—and it gets better 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 22, 2018
He was excited to test his new camera, but he also captured something totally unique.

By David Aragorn
All the biggest and best space discoveries of 2017 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 30, 2017
We learned more about neutron stars, found more planets and said goodbye to Cassini in 2017. We end the year with a better picture of the Universe than we started it with.

By David Aragorn
Either Stars are Strange, or 234 Alien Species Are Trying to Contact Us 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 30, 2017
We all want there to be aliens. Green ones, pink ones, brown ones, Greys. Or maybe Vulcans, Klingons, even a being of pure energy. Any type will do.

By David Aragorn
Distant Star Refuses to Die 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2017
Scientists have long believed that a star explodes when it reaches the end of its life.

By David Aragorn
Winds blowing off a dying star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 10, 2017
Japanese scientists use ALMA to explain aluminum oxide enrichment around AGB stars

By David Aragorn
Gobekli Tepe Constellations 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2017
This is meant to provide a brief analysis to explain the origin of several of the animal figures from the Gobekli Tepe temple site in Turkey, arising about 9000 BC and haralded as the earliest (known) temple of the world.

By David Aragorn
Antares: Astronomers Snap Most Detailed Image of Star That’s Not the Sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2017
An international team of astronomers from Chile and Germany has managed to capture an image of unprecedented detail of another star — that isn’t the Sun — the red supergiant star Antares. The team has also made the first map of the velocities of material in the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun, revealing unexpected turbulence in the extended atmosphere of Antares.

By David Aragorn
Found: A star that last dazzled astronomers in 1437 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2017
It’s an explosive detective story.

By David Aragorn
Failed stars may act more like giant planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2017
They form the same as stars, but have the kind of wild weather typically seen on Jupiter or Neptune.

By David Aragorn
Smallest-ever star discovered by astronomers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2017
The smallest star yet measured has been discovered by a team of astronomers. With a size just a sliver larger than that of Saturn, the gravitational pull at its stellar surface is about 300 times stronger than what humans feel on Earth.

By David Aragorn