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“Ping-Pong” Planets Bounce Between Stars
A gravitational ping-pong match lasting up to one million years could be in play between nearby binary stars, say Cambridge University scientists.
It is widely accepted that planets can be ejected completely from a solar system, especially during...
Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
It must be weird sometimes to be in Nada Surf, if only because they still get judged by a song that becomes increasingly unrepresentative of their body of work. I’m referring, of course, to “Popular,” from their pretty nifty grunge-esque...
The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
About halfway through The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, singer Matthew Caws issues a mission statement to sum up this and all Nada Surf records: “It’s never too late for teenage dreams.” Those seven hopeful words perfectly...
Galileo’s Notebooks May Reveal Secrets Of New Planet
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.
Professor David Jamieson, Head of the School of Physics, is investigating the...
Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds
An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn’s moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes.
Wolfgang Fink, visiting associate in physics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena...
New Images of Jupiter’s Red Spots
Astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii last month snapped high-resolution near-infrared images of the Great Red Spot, a persistent, high-pressure storm on Jupiter, as an upstart storm,...
Discovered: First Rocky Planet Outside Our Solar System
The confirmation of the nature of CoRoT-7b as the first rocky planet outside our solar system marks a significant step forward in the search for earth-like exoplanets. The detection by CoRoT (Convection ROtation and planetary Transits) and follow-up...
Stellar Light Show, And Magic Act, to Begin
Epsilon Aurigae’s unusual dimming remains mysterious, but help from amateur astronomers could change that.
Next week marks the return of both a cosmic mystery and a great opportunity for amateur astronomers.
Starting in August, the normally...
