Sharper Than Space Telescopes? MagAO-X Captures Stunning Images of Planet Formation
Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets orbiting the star PDS 70. These "baby planets" are surrounded by dust rings ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Uncovers a 30-Million-Year-Old Planet Factory That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...
NASA space observatory poised to launch on a mission to map 450 million galaxies
A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit this week on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million ...
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Thirty years of the Square Kilometre Array: here’s what the world’s largest radio telescope project has achieved so far
When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. But as Sarah Wild discovers, its ...
3.7 Billion Miles Away: Hubble Uncovers a Hidden Trio That Could Rewrite Kuiper Belt History
A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...
How Purulia’s Panchet Hill Observatory is set to impact astronomical research in India
The inauguration of the Panchet Hill Observatory marked a significant milestone for astronomical research in eastern India.