What are zombie planets? And what makes them spooky?

Any planets orbiting a star when it goes supernova should be obliterated. Mysteriously though, a handful have been detected orbiting neutron stars.

Gareth Dorrian, The Conversation

· Nov 03, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Two astronomers reveal how humanity can finally find extraterrestrial intelligence

If radio transmissions from Earth can be detected from interstellar distances, then the opposite is also a possibility.

Macy Huston, The Conversation

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Jason Wright, The Conversation

· Oct 27, 2022 · 11:30 pm

The great conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn to align today in ‘closest visible encounter’

The next time the planets will be this close is 2080.

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· Dec 21, 2020 · 11:54 am

Scientists unveil first-ever image of black hole

It was captured in the galaxy Messier 87, 55 million light years away from the Earth.

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· Apr 10, 2019 · 08:27 pm

There are missing objects at the fringe of the solar system – new study puzzles astronomers

There's a mysterious lack of small bodies beyond Neptune, but a 'snowman-shaped' object may help explain why.

David Rothery, The Conversation

· Mar 06, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Researchers detect what may be the first known moon outside solar system

More than 3,500 exoplanets are known but no exomoon has been confirmed so far.

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· Oct 04, 2018 · 02:02 pm

What 840 newly discovered minor planets beyond Neptune can tell us

Discovery of many icy worlds helps unravel the solar system's history.

Michele Bannister, The Conversation

· May 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm

For the first time, scientists discover a group of planets beyond the Milky Way

Researchers from the University of Oklahoma in the United States used a process called microlensing to observe these planets.

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· Feb 06, 2018 · 05:22 pm

Astronomers discover Earth-like planet just 11 light years away

Named Ross 128 b, it is the second closest exoplanet of its kind to Earth and may have conditions necessary to support life.

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· Nov 16, 2017 · 02:03 pm

First possible interstellar object spotted travelling through the solar system

A/2017 U1, a small asteroid or comet, entered the solar system from the direction of the constellation Lyra.

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· Oct 28, 2017 · 12:59 pm

What high-speed astronomy can tell us about the galactic zoo

Projects to build large telescopes are underway to detect changes in the universe.

Christopher Kochanek

· Jul 22, 2017 · 11:30 pm

New supercluster of galaxies named Saraswati by Indian astronomers

The supercluster is believed to be the equivalent of 20 million billion suns.

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· Jul 14, 2017 · 09:50 am