Space mission

Gaia

07. 11 2022

Exoplanets

Spectral analysis of ultra-cool white dwarfs polluted by planetary debris

05. 11 2022

Black holes

A Sun-like star orbiting a black hole

07. 10 2022

Star Clusters

Unveiling hidden stellar aggregates in the Milky Way: 1656 new star clusters found in Gaia EDR3

04. 08 2022

White dwarf

Extremely low-mass white dwarf stars observed in Gaia DR2 and LAMOST DR8

26. 05 2022

Gaia

Gaia space telescope discovered its first two exoplanets

European space observatory Gaia measures precise positions of stars in our galaxy, however it can also look for exoplanets. Scientists now report confirmation of two exoplanets discovered by the spacecraft.

25. 03 2022

Milky Way Galaxy

A time-resolved picture of our Milky Way’s early formation history

19. 01 2022

Exoplanets

Thermal Phase Curves of XO-3b: An Eccentric Hot Jupiter at the Deuterium Burning Limit

08. 12 2021

Stars

Stars flying by each other might pose a great opportunity in search for advanced civilisations

New list of pairs of gravitationaly unbound stars in our neighborhood might present a new set of interesting targets for those who look for advanced civilisations. When two stars come close to each other, the advanced enough civilisation might take an advantage and migrate from one system to the other. In new study a list is presented of best candidate stars.

05. 12 2021

White dwarf

Astronomers found a missing link leading to creation of extremely low-mass white dwarfs

White dwarf is a dense core of dead star. Most of them have similar mass to the Sun, but sometimes astronomers find one so light, that it should not exist. The most accepted theory was, that the extremely low-mass white dwarfs (ELM) are created when a massive star nearby sucks away some of their mass. Astronomers now found a system where this is happening. And not just one.

27. 11 2021

Galaxies

Gaia EDR3 Proper Motions of Milky Way Dwarfs. II Velocities, Total Energy, and Angular Momentum