Rogue Planet Found Having Massive "Growth Spurt"
Reported by Universe Today
New observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) identified an enormous a rogue planet with the strongest growth rate ever recorded. These observations reveal that this free-floating planet is eating up ga...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000
Take a Flight Over the Martian Surface with the ESA's Mars Express
Reported by Universe Today
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on another mesmerizing flight over the highlands of Xanthe Terra to the smoother lowlands of Chryse Planitia. Billions of years ago, water surged through this region, creating many of the features we see today....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000
Black Holes Have No Hair, But They Do Have Comb Overs
Reported by Universe Today
Black have no hair, but the material surrounding them does, and the two can interact in unusual ways. As observations from the Event Horizon Telescope show, the magnetic fields surrounding a black hole can change extremely fast....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000
3I/ATLAS's Coma Proves Another Cometary Formation Theory
Reported by Universe Today
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. That’s to be expected, as, for the first time in potentially billions of years, it's getting close to the energy put out by a star. Scientists have b...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000
New Research Suggests Red Dwarf Systems are Unlikely to Have Advanced Civilizations
Reported by Universe Today
While no evidence of life beyond Earth has been found (yet), it is assumed that life and habitable planets are the norm (per the Copernican Principle). Meanwhile, exoplanet studies have revealed several rocky planets orbiting within the habitable zones of ...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000
We Can Do More Exoplanet Science By Understanding the Dark Edge of It's Star
Reported by Universe Today
By modeling the limb darkening of a star, astronomers can get a better measure of the transit depth of an exoplanet. This will allow us to get better measurements of the size of exoplanets....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:45 +0000