Newly discovered Earth-sized planet may lack an atmosphere
Circling a cold, Jupiter-sized star, the new world could offer an unobstructed view of its surface composition and history.
Circling a cold, Jupiter-sized star, the new world could offer an unobstructed view of its surface composition and history.
The new world is the second-lightest planet discovered to date.
Three stars circling the Milky Way’s halo formed 12 to 13 billion years ago.
The observations suggest some of earliest “monster” black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.
Such discoveries help researchers better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during star formation.
Analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas.
The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.
The findings suggest our galaxy’s core may contain less dark matter than previously estimated.
A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.
Cosmologist and MLK Scholar Morgane König uses gravitational waves to study the universe’s origins, inflation, and present trajectory.
Using multiple observatories, astronomers directly detect tellurium in two merging neutron stars.
MIT assistant professor of physics shares award for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe.
The MIT-led Cosmic Explorer project aims to detect gravitational waves from the earliest universe.
The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.