Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Hubble Space Telescope captured an ...
A violent outburst from a nearby star has given astronomers a rare, close-up look at how stellar tempers can threaten the ...
Sometimes you only need one of these big guys to come your way,” observed Julián Alvarado-Gómez of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam. These comments evoke the significance of the recent ...
Stark broadening, the widening of spectral lines due to the perturbing influence of electric fields from electron collisions, plays a pivotal role in the analysis of stellar atmospheres. This ...
Earth exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars, identifying specific candidates that may have retained detectable atmospheres.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an unexpected observation of a nearby planet that’s having its atmosphere blasted away by energetic outbursts from its star. It’s a dramatic change from the last ...