South Africa has made significant strides in astronomy research and infrastructure, the most recent being the launch of the PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment (PRIME) telescope in Sutherland ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

This discovery marks the fastest jetstream ever measured on any known planet and sheds new light on the complex and extreme weather patterns of exoplanets beyond our Solar System. WASP-127b has ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered exoplanet GJ 1214 b, situated 48 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. This planet has a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, presenting a ...

Supersonic winds on this exoplanet, designated WASP-127b, travel at a mind-bending 5.5 miles per second (9 kilometers per second). The speed of sound on Earth is roughly 0.21 miles per second (0. ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds on WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet, reaching speeds of up to 33,000 km/h. This marks the fastest jetstream ever measured on a planet. The discovery, ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — For the first time, astronomers have taken a direct look at an exoplanet’s insides. An exoplanet about 800 light-years away is spilling its guts into space, and new ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ.

In 2021, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spotted the super-Earth, a fascinating development that suggested WASP-132 is a remarkable planetary system. Scientists now know the ...

These arcs are caused by gravitational lensing: Light from distant galaxies far behind the massive galaxy cluster coming toward Earth is bent around Abell 370 by its massive gravity, resulting in ...