This Exoplanet Hid for 10 Years Before Astronomers Finally Found It
Reported by Universe Today
A team of astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first planet discovered in the same system — and is among the lightest exoplanets eve...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
Reported by NASA
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000
What's It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 2: The Warped View
Reported by Universe Today
Move fast enough and the entire universe compresses into a searing, blueshifted cone of light aimed at your face. How relativistic aberration and the Doppler effect warp your view of the cosmos as you approach lightspeed....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:42 +0000
Young Galaxy Cluster
Reported by NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000
Hidden planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Astronomers have found a hidden planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. This previously unseen world is now the faintest planet ever imaged from Earth.
The post Hidden planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:31 +0000
Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter 32 years ago
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter in 1994, 32 years ago, scarring the planet's surface and leaving behind water that remained in the atmosphere for decades.
The post Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter 32 years ago first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:56 +0000