X-ray data may be first evidence of a star devouring a planet
For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light years from Earth. … Read more
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NuSTAR Reveals Radioactive Matter in Supernova Remnant
Using its X-ray vision to observe what is left of a massive star that exploded long ago, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft has shed new … Read more
Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes ‘spy’ one of the youngest galaxies in the Universe
An international team led by astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and La Laguna University (ULL) has just completed the first analysis … Read more
Astronomers discover densest galaxy ever
Imagine the distance between the sun and the star nearest to it – a star called Alpha Centauri. That’s a distance of about 4 light … Read more
