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- Betelgeuse may go supernova in our lifetime — brighter than the moon Tue, 20 Jun 23, 5:28amBy Jo Nova Betelgeuse is the red giant at the top of Orion. Image by yoshitaka2 from Pixabay
- Betegeuse may go supernova in our lifetime — brighter than the moon Tue, 20 Jun 23, 5:28amBy Jo Nova Betelgeuse is the red giant at the top of Orion. Image by yoshitaka2 from Pixabay
- Onlookers thrilled as solar eclipse reaches totality Thu, 20 Apr 23, 9:46pmThousands of people watched in awe as a rare solar eclipse plunged the Western Australian town of Exmouth into darkness in the middle of the day.
- Rare solar eclipse visible from WA town attracts global spectators Thu, 20 Apr 23, 12:16pmSolar eclipse attracts people from across the globe to town of Exmouth on Western Australia’s North West Cape, keen to catch a glimpse of the rare sight.
- Good Citizen China carelessly crashes 23 tons of space junk on Earth, gets lucky, but 300 flights in Spain delayed Sat, 5 Nov 22, 6:20amBy Jo Nova Well that was lucky. Early reports suggest the Chinese space junk from the launch four days ago has crashed in the Pacific 1,000 km short of Mexico. However, if I am reading those maps (below) correctly, on this...
- James Webb Space Telescope vs. Hubble Wed, 13 Jul 22, 5:13amA simple image comparison. Original Hi-Res version. http://www.nicholaseggleston.com/JamesWebbHubble/index_full.htm HT/Roy Spencer
- Geology from 50 Light-Years: Webb Gets Ready to Study Rocky Worlds Fri, 27 May 22, 7:00pmAnother intriguing possibility, however, is that 55 Cancri e is not tidally locked. Instead, it may be like Mercury, rotating three times for every two orbits (what’s known as a 3:2 resonance). As a result, the planet would...
- Sagittarius A*: NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon Telescope in Studying Milky Way’s Black Hole Sun, 15 May 22, 7:00pmAstronomers are using these observations to learn more about how the black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy — known as Sagittarius A * (Sgr A* for short) — interacts with, and feeds off, its environment some...
- Finding the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes Fri, 15 Apr 22, 7:00pmFrom NASA Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a crucial “missing link” between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black…
- Webb Telescope’s Coldest Instrument Reaches Operating Temperature Thu, 14 Apr 22, 7:00pmThere are still more challenges that the team will have to face before MIRI can start its scientific mission. Now that the instrument is at operating temperature, team members will take test images of stars and other known...
- Hubble Probes Extreme Weather on Ultra-Hot Jupiters Sat, 9 Apr 22, 7:00pmStudying extreme weather gives astronomers better insights into the diversity, complexity, and exotic chemistry taking place in far-flung worlds across our galaxy.
- Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way Thu, 7 Apr 22, 3:00pmThis discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, called "disk instability."
- Another Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri Sun, 13 Feb 22, 9:00amProxima Centauri, our closest known stellar neighbour, is packed full of interesting planets. My question - when are we going to send a probe to take a look?
- Planetary bodies observed for first time in habitable zone of dead star Sat, 12 Feb 22, 9:00pmPlanetary bodies observed for first time in habitable zone of dead star
- VIDEO: Watch Starlink Satellites Fall from the Sky Thu, 10 Feb 22, 6:18amVideo follows below. As many as 40 Starlink satellites are currently falling out of the sky–the surprising result of a minor geomagnetic storm. SpaceX made the announcement yesterday: “On Thursday, Feb....