A team of astronomers used three instruments from the Keck Observatory to study WR 104, a stellar system nicknamed the 'death ...

Previous research also indicated that Earth looks down the axis of this ... This led to the system earning the ominous nickname "Death Star." A fresh analysis of observations conducted at the ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

During the birth of the planetary system, the planetesimals form a disk of dust and ice around the young star and grow into planetary embryos. “Current thinking goes that Earth inherited most ...

The model simulated an Earth-like planet ... dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems — Life after stellar death? How life could arise on ...