The curious incident of the star that wasn’t there – Astronomy Now
[ad_1] In a 2010 microlensing event, the light from a background star (bright star in center and right frames) was
Read more[ad_1] In a 2010 microlensing event, the light from a background star (bright star in center and right frames) was
Read more[ad_1] Supermassive Black Hole–Powered “Mushroom” Clouds Warm gas “rises” from the active supermassive black hole at the center of the
Read more[ad_1] The Milky Way over Fairyland Canyon in Bryce Canyon National Park, an International Dark-sky Park.Public domain The statistics are
Read more[ad_1] We still can’t look away. Nova Cassiopeiae 2021 had swelled back up to magnitude 7.0 on October 20th. This
Read more[ad_1] China’s Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) nestles in the a natural depression in southern China. Rodrigo con
Read more[ad_1] An artist’s concept shows NASA’s COSI gamma-ray mission in front of Supernova 1987A. University of Berkeley / COSI NASA
Read more[ad_1] As the Sun heads south for winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the days grow longer and the opportunities to
Read more[ad_1] Japanese astronomer Ko Arimatsu captured a possible impact flash in Jupiter’s North Tropical Zone (NTrZ) at 13:24 UT on
Read more[ad_1] A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen launching from Space Launch Complex 41 in this 2 minute,
Read more[ad_1] This coming Saturday, October 16th, is International Observe the Moon Night. NASA started the event in 2010 to help
Read more[ad_1] We can’t look away. Long-lasting, ever fluctuating Nova Cassiopeiae 2021 was finally down to about magnitude 8.2 as of
Read more[ad_1] In this image, the proposed hit-and-run collision is simulated in 3D, shown about an hour after impact. Theia, the
Read more[ad_1] On October 10, 2021, Comet Leonard displayed a compact coma and a 4′ dusty tail pointing north. Now at
Read more[ad_1] Can you see the Milky Way from your home? Diane Turnshek can, and she wants to Pittsburgh to see
Read more[ad_1] An artist’s conception of New Horizons in the distant solar system. NASA / JHAPL / SwRI NASA’s New Horizons
Read more[ad_1] What is Astronomy Day? Doug Berger, while president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California at the time, started
Read more[ad_1] Long-lasting Nova Cassiopeiae 2021 was holding at about magnitude 7.6 as of October 7th. That’s as bright as it
Read more[ad_1] Rectified version of the landing site panorama taken by cameras aboard China’s Chang’e 5 lander in Oceanus Procellarum.CNSA /
Read more[ad_1] When the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in July 2015, it stunned us with a landscape of ice
Read more[ad_1] Don McCrady / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Years ago, I had a bumper sticker that read, “Don’t Postpone
Read more[ad_1] Nova Cassiopeiae 2021 carries on, fluctuating unpredictably as it remains in binocular view six months after its March explosion.
Read more[ad_1] The universe provides its own magnifying lenses: The combined heft of giant groups of galaxies (and their retinues of
Read more[ad_1] Simulated image of the merger of a black-hole binary SXS Lensing One way for black holes to form is
Read more[ad_1] An artist’s impression of a quasar within its host galaxyNOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva A
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