The Star That Changes Its Brightness
Variable stars are stars whose brightness changes over time. These changes can happen because the star expands and contracts, or because something passes in front of it....
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When Black Holes Make Space-Time Ripple
When two black holes merge, they can send powerful gravitational waves traveling through space-time. Scientists can detect these tiny ripples on Earth, giving us a new way to...
Europa: The Hidden Ocean Beneath the Ice
Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, has a thick icy surface that may cover a vast ocean of liquid water. Scientists study this hidden ocean because it could provide important clues...
A Planet Orbiting a Dead Star
Some planets orbit neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of massive stars that exploded as supernovae. These worlds experience an extreme environment dominated by powerful...
When a Star Devours Its Planet
As stars evolve into red giants, their enormous expansion can threaten nearby planets. Intense heat and stellar forces may strip away planetary material, and some close-orbiting...
K2-141b: The Planet With a Lava Ocean
K2-141b is an extremely hot rocky exoplanet located about 200 light-years away. Scientists think its dayside may be hot enough for molten rock to form a vast lava ocean, while...
The Coldest Place in the Universe
The Boomerang Nebula is one of the coldest known natural places in the universe. Its rapidly expanding gas has cooled to about 1 Kelvin, just above absolute zero. This...
55 Cancri e: The Mysterious Super-Earth
55 Cancri e is a scorching super-Earth located about 41 light-years away. Once described as a possible “diamond planet,” its true composition remains uncertain. Its extreme...
The Star That Spins Hundreds of Times Per Second
Some millisecond pulsars are incredibly dense neutron stars that rotate hundreds of times every second. Their powerful radiation beams sweep through space like a cosmic...
The Planet Where It’s Always Day on One Side
Some exoplanets can become tidally locked to their stars, meaning one side constantly faces the star while the other remains in permanent darkness. This creates an extreme world...