Nearby "Super Earth" Could Host Life After All
Reported by Universe Today
Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer look at a nearby exoplanet and discovered it may be more Earth-like than previously thought.Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomer...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:19 +0000
Astronomers Characterize "Improbable" System Shaped by Brown Dwarf
Reported by Universe Today
An international team involving over ten institutions, with a strong participation from ESO and INAF, has characterised TOI-201 c, the transiting brown dwarf with the longest period for which mass has been measured. The study, published today in Nature, re...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000
How a planet survived the death of its sunlike star
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Scientists have solved the mystery of how a gas giant planet survived the death of its star. The planet migrated inward after the star's red giant phase.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:58 +0000
In Anticipation of New Horizons Entering Interstellar Space, Researchers are Developing a Solar Wind Forecasting Method
Reported by Universe Today
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical heliosphere models to find out where the first plasma boundary of the outer heliosphere lies as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft h...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:16 +0000
NASA’s Hubble Spies Stellar Sparkler for July 4th
Reported by NASA
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope....
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:15 +0000
A New Study into Dark Matter in the Bullet Cluster Could Disprove its Existence
Reported by Universe Today
A study led by the University of Bonn presents new data that calls the existence of Dark Matter - a fundamental pillar of the current cosmological model - into question....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:21 +0000