Watch an exoplanet’s 17-year journey around its star
Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of...
Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of...
New study is first to determine how much stars should innately twinkle Many people know that stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends...
International team sheds light on enigmatic nature of these celestial ‘beasts’ Northwestern University astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists using advanced...
Hum holds evidence of record-breaking gravitational waves An international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, have used a galaxy-sized tool composed of 68...
Never-before-seen scenario suggests a new way to destroy a star Artist’s Impression of a gamma-ray burst. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/M. Zamani While searching...
New study further narrows the search for elusive pairs of monster black holes Although astrophysicists have never sensed supermassive black hole binary systems, a...
Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the...
Virtual press briefing about new finding took place on Monday, June 5 at 242nd American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting So far, astrophysicists have only...
Elusive intermediate-mass black holes take a few bites, then eject the leftovers If they exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars like a...
Stunning new time lapse video shows 12 years of exoplanets orbiting their star In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly...
An international team of scientists including CIERA Professor Jason Wang have used the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite to detect a new exoplanet undergoing...
Astrophysicists discover the closest and oldest ultracool dwarf binary ever observed Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists...