Bizarre Space Rock confirmed as super-rare comet and asteroid hybrid

[ad_1] Comets and asteroids are two types of rocks that hang out in space, but their differences are quite stark. Comets generally originate from the outer solar system and have long elliptical orbits. They are filled with ice that begins to sublimate as the comet approaches the Sun, generating a dusty and hazy atmosphere (called … Read more

Very first planet in triple star system possibly detected

[ad_1] In 1949, a team of astronomers discovered a star 1,300 light years from Earth, at the head of Orion the Hunter. Since then, astronomers have discovered that the star – GW Orionis – has two stellar companions. Now, astronomers using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (or ALMA) telescope in northern … Read more

Astronomers find curious signal on hot, raining iron planet

[ad_1] This artist’s impression shows a warm Jupiter in pleasant orbit and close to its mother star. IS THE SUN. Sidewalk If you haven’t heard of WASP-76b, sorry to tell you, but you missed something. Last year, astronomers revealed that “Hot Jupiter,” which is about 640 light years from Earth, has a curious nocturnal quirk. … Read more

Testimony of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years earlier than expected

[ad_1] Landscape view of Pico (foreground) and Faial (background) islands. Credit: Santiago Giralt. An international team of researchers has found evidence that people were living on islands in the Azores archipelago some 700 years earlier than previous evidence had shown. In their article, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes … Read more

The most distant known galaxy’s energy explosion could have been a satellite orbiting Earth

[ad_1] Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser The cosmos is the scene of a variety of giant explosions. These include stellar flares, where the stars suddenly release magnetic energy; and neutron star mergers, where two dense stars collide. But one class of explosions outperforms the others: gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions observed in … Read more

Bizarre Space Rock confirmed as super-rare comet and asteroid hybrid

[ad_1] Comets and asteroids are two types of rocks that hang out in space, but their differences are quite stark. Comets generally originate from the outer solar system and have long elliptical orbits. They are filled with ice that begins to sublimate as the comet approaches the Sun, generating a dusty and hazy atmosphere (called … Read more