A study in Monthly Notices has identified NGTS-38 b, a rare giant world that takes about 180 days to circle its star. Led by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, the international team found a planet about 8% wider than Jupiter and nearly five times as massive. The planet, formally cataloged as TIC-65910228 b and also…
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Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam have uncovered a strange motion pattern inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics found that stars across the dwarf galaxy are moving outward in a galaxy-wide expansion. The motion points to a powerful gravitational disturbance from its larger neighbor, the Large Magellanic…
A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics has used echoes from distant cosmic explosions to redraw part of the Milky Way, finding that two outer spiral arms sit farther from Earth than long-used maps suggested. Led by Beatrice Vaia of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, the team turned three gamma-ray bursts into measuring tools for the…
NASA’s July 2026 skywatching guide points to a month when familiar objects take on new arrangements. The Moon moves past bright planets, the Milky Way gains a darker stage and Comet 10P/Tempel 2 becomes a tempting target for patient observers. The month’s appeal comes from timing. Some events unfold before sunrise, when Saturn, Mars and…
