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07/19/2018 / By Russel Davis

Supernova, resurrected: Scientists are puzzled by “the star that wouldn’t die”

A team of researchers at the University of California Berkeley, Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, more commonly known as Berkeley Lab, discovered a supernova that continued to shine a few months after fading. According to the scientists, the cause of the stellar event remains unclear. An LCO release noted that the supernova called iPTF14hls was […]

06/24/2018 / By Janine Acero

Magnetic waves in the Sun are responsible for the heating of its atmosphere and propelling solar winds

The Sun is the source of energy that sustains all life on Earth. Despite numerous studies about its properties and activities, much remains unknown about our nearest star. The Sun’s outermost layer, called the corona, can reach temperatures of up to 3.5 million degrees Fahrenheit (two million degrees Celsius), more than 20 times hotter than its […]

06/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

A dark hole planet? Astronomers find a “Hot Jupiter” that absorbs almost all light that hits it

One of the more recently discovered exoplanets is a rather special one. A U.K. study reported that WASP-104b gobbles up almost all the light that strikes its haze-covered surface. This dark hole of a planet is called a “hot Jupiter,” a Science Alert article states. Hot Jupiters are a type of gas giant that have […]

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