Astrophysics

Science

What’s the hottest possible temperature in the universe?

Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Spitzer probes weather on brown dwarfs

Exotic Objects

Fermi makes first gamma-ray study of a gravitational lens

Exotic Objects, Stars

Supernova’s super dust factory imaged with ALMA

Galaxies, Stars

Swift satellite catches a hundred thousand new cosmic X-ray sources

Robotic Spaceflight

Herschel spies active argon in Crab Nebula

Cosmology, Science

Episode 22: Gravitational waves

Exotic Objects, Science, Stars

Fast radio bursts might come from nearby stars

Exoplanets, Planets

Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres

Exotic Objects

New neutrino cooling theory changes understanding of neutron stars’ surfaces

Astronomy for beginners, Exoplanets, Science

Astronomy 101: Chemistry in space

Exotic Objects, Science

Glimpsing the infrastructure of a gamma-ray burst jet