For this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, we gaze upon the field of stars that is NGC 1786. This object is a globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy that is approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth. NGC 1786 itselfContinue Reading
A new kind of cosmic object could help solve one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter. Particle Astrophysicists have proposed the existence of a strange new type of star-like object, called a ‘dark dwarf’, which may be quietly glowing in the center of our galaxy. Far from being darkContinue Reading
Signs of planet formation may appear earlier than expected around still-forming baby stars, according to new results of higher resolution images produced using new improved techniques to reanalyze radio astronomy archive data. These newly discovered signs of planet formation will provide a better understanding of when it begins around aContinue Reading
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. The researchers based their study primarily on observations from NASA’s now-retiredContinue Reading
Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where planets start developing early — during the final stages of stellar formation — rather than after this phase ends, as previously assumed.Continue Reading
The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family of stars all strangely eager to leave home — a family we couldn’t have discovered without the star-surveying spacecraft, and one unlike all others we have spotted to date. Stars in the Milky Way tend to form in families,Continue Reading
The Sun’s corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse — has long intrigued scientists due to its extreme temperatures, violent eruptions, and large prominences. However, turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere has caused image blur and hindered observations of the corona. A ground-breakingContinue Reading
Justin Sullivan Interactive Brokers (IBKR) said Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock and options continued to attract investors on its trading platform over the past week, despite the range bound stock price. The AI chipmaker (NVDA) once again topped IBKR’s weekly list of the 25 most-active symbols. The list published Tuesday showed NvidiaContinue Reading
