Reading time: 2minutes The newly discovered black hole is more like Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park, erupting repeatedly at predictable times.
Reading time: 3minutes A team of astronomers led by IfA graduate student Travis Berger found that an intriguing class of Neptune-sized planets shrink over billions of years.
Reading time: 2minutes By measuring the wobble of the star induced by the planet’s gravity, researchers inferred that the planet has three times the mass of Earth.
Reading time: 3minutes Researchers will trace the volatile elements that form the atmospheres of planets, establishing a scientific foundation for detecting the signatures of life on other worlds.