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To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching an 'artificial star' to orbit
SPACE.com· 27 minutes agoEarlier this week, NASA announced plans to place a small satellite in Earth orbit at a little over...
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time
SPACE.com· 1 day agoUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time ever, mapped the plasma...
Secondary Supermassive Black Hole In Exceptional Pair Observed Directly For First Time
IFLScience· 3 hours agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
NASA Ready For ‘Blaze Star’ To Become Visible To The Naked Eye
Forbes· 11 hours agoFor professional and amateur astronomers, it’s set to be a once-in-a-lifetime event like no...
NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
SPACE.com· 20 hours agoAstronomers have spotted flares and echos coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of...
This Stunning NASA Twin Star Discovery Leaves Astronomers Slack-Jawed
HotHardware· 3 hours agoNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) once again has surprised scientists with a new revelation...
NASA will put a 'new star' in the sky by the end of the decade in 1st-of-its-kind mission
LiveScience· 1 hour agoThe Landolt NASA Space Mission aims to send an artificial star satellite into orbit around Earth by...
Behold! Fresh Eye Candy (and Science) from the Euclid Space Telescope
Scientific American· 6 hours agoDark matter has gravity, so it influences the way normal matter moves around and clumps up in...
Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System
SciTechDaily· 19 hours agoAstronomers have captured a snapshot of a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, revealing...
JWST spotted an incredible number of supernovae in the early universe
New Scientist· 9 hours agoAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found an astonishing number of supernovae in the distant universe, including the farthest ever ...