In brief:

  • Comet ISON disintigrates as it passes the sun.
  • Signature of water found in five exoplanets.
  • New record distance for planet found orbiting a star. 

 

Top Astro New Stories this week

  • Comet ISON disintigrates as it passes the sun.  Is there still a remnant of the comet nucleus yet?  We're still waiting to find out.  Later this month the Hubble telescope will be pointed towards the place where ISON should be in hope of finding out.  (Read more...)
  • Signature of water found in five exoplanets.  The Hubble Space Telescope used its Widefield Camera 3 to measure the change in the absorbtion spectrum as the planets past in front of their host stars, and found a signature consistent with water.  (Read more...)
  • New record distance for planet found orbiting a star.  Astronomers in the USA have found a planet orbiting its star at a distance of 650 AU (97bn km, 60bn miles).  The discovery is challenging our understanding of how planets form.  (Read more...)

News in Video

News stories explained and illustrated by Tony Darnell, in his YouTube channel, Deep Astronomy.