Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - astronomers /channels/news_feeds/all/term/astronomers/rss en A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other /channels/channels/news/super-puff-planet-no-other-327777 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn, according to a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Professor Eve Lee.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/exoplanet_wasp-107b.jpg?itok=BJinKvPT" width="160" height="103" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:04:55 +0000 webfull 166980 at /channels Homing in on source of mysterious cosmic radio bursts /channels/news/homing-source-mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-264901 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves. FRBs, which last just a few thousandths of a second, have puzzled astrophysicists since their discovery a decade ago.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/frb_inset_gemini.jpg?itok=eW1UPZCa" width="160" height="142" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:02:45 +0000 webfull 123869 at /channels