When a Black Hole Eats a White Dwarf
Watch in this NASA video, what scientists think happens when a black hole tears apart a hot, dense white dwarf star.
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The Second-Closest Exoplanet to Earth discovered
Scientists just discovered the second-closest exoplanet to Earth, orbiting Barnard’s star, one of the closest stars to the Sun.
A second Super-Earth 111 light years away discovered
Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), revealed that a little-known exoplanet called K2-18b could well be a scaled-up version of Earth.
Earth-like Planet only 11 light years away discovered
Astronomers discovered one of the closest Earth-like planets just 11 light years away.
7 Earth-sized planets have been discovered
7 Earth-sized planets have been discovered in a Star system 40 lights-years away.
Helix Nebula in Infrared
An infrared image of the impressive Helix Nebula, from the robotic Spitzer Space Telescope.
Snow discovered in an Infant Planetary System
A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant planetary system for the very first time.
A Unique Red Rectangle
Hubble Space Telescope frames the unique star HD 44179, surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the Red Rectangle.
Neptune-sized Exoplanet that looks similar to Earth, discovered
A blue, Neptune-size exoplanet around a red dwarf star, 100 light years away from us, discovered.
The incredible variety of Extraterrestrial Worlds in a visualization
This visualization shows the variety of Extraterrestrial Worlds, the exoplanets, arranged according to their temperature and density. Watch the incredible variety…