International team of astronomers discover the first nearby medium-mass black hole, a clue to how supermassive black holes form. Continue reading First Discovery of a Medium-Mass Black Hole Helps Solve an Astronomical Mystery
Scientists in Italy discover fresh volcanic lava flowing on Venus for the first time.
Continue reading Volcanoes on Venus
The mystery of an unusually inflated planet has been solved with data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Continue reading Case Closed on a Mysteriously Puffy Exoplanet
Astronomers around the world do a double-take on the most promising potentially habitable planet. Continue reading This habitable zone exoplanet may have liquid water
An international team of scientists discovers two potentially habitable planets orbiting a red dwarf star 137 light-years away. Continue reading Discovery of an Earth-size, potentially habitable planet
A recent study of the Small Magellanic Cloud has revealed that this nearby galaxy may actually be two galaxies that overlap from our point of view. Continue reading The Small Magellanic Cloud(s): nearby galaxy has a hidden twin
Astrophysicists have discovered a bizarre planet with clouds of sand over 200 light years away. Continue reading Welcome to the planet with clouds made of sand
Scientists have observed time dilation in the variability of quasars, an effect predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity. Continue reading Einstein was right: testing the theory of relativity using quasars
Astronomers recently observed a planet being eaten by its star. In billions of years, the Earth will experience the same fate. Continue reading Astronomers Witness the End of a World
How do you introduce yourself, scientifically? I generally say that I’m an astronomer. More specifically, I’m an exoplanet astronomer, meaning I study planets that exist around other stars. In our solar system, all the planets orbit the Sun. I’m looking at planets in other stellar systems, orbiting stars much further away than the Sun. What are the implications or broader impacts of your work? This is … Continue reading What Does an Astronomer Do?