#Astronomical Discovery

Articles (3)

• 🇺🇸 It's Not Supposed To Be Like This: A Giant Planet Orbits A Small Star — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  According to theory and models of planet formation, large gas giants should form around massive stars. That's because massive stars have more massive protoplanetary disks. But astronomers have the opp...

  Related: #Exoplanet Science, #Planet Formation
• 🇺🇸 The Universe's Most Extraordinary Construction Site — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Astronomers have discovered a extraordinary celestial construction site hiding behind a natural magnifying glass in space and what they've found is unlike anything seen before. A cluster of at least 1...

  Related: #Cosmology, #Galaxy Formation, #Gravitational Lensing
• 🇺🇸 No Supernova Needed. This Star Collapsed Directly Into A Black Hole — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Theory says that, under the right conditions, massive stars can collapse directly into black holes without exploding as supernovae. But observational evidence of the phenomenon has been hard to get. N...

  Related: #Stellar Evolution, #Black Hole Formation