astronomy

Even 11+ Billion-Year-Old Stars Have Earth-Like Planets

Posted in Science on 1st Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

A clear indication that such planets have formed in the Milky Way long before the Earth.

Dust Cloud Helps to Explain a 50-Year Moon Mystery

Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Viewed before sunrise, part of the Moon's horizon seems to glow. But because the moon has barely any atmosphere, there's seemingly nothing that could be doing the glowing.

Astronomers spot first-generation stars, made from the big bang

Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Made of essentially only hydrogen and helium, these population III stars are predicted to be enormous in size and to live fast and die young.

Chaotic orbital interactions keep flipping Pluto's moons

Posted in Science on 13th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Inhabitants of two of Plutos moons, Nix or Hydra, would not know when each day would begin and from which direction the Sun would rise.

All systems go for construction of world's largest optical telescope

Posted in Hardware on 4th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

When fully operational, the Giant Magellan Telescope will look further into space and farther back in time than any telescope ever made.