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Real-Time Revelation: Witnessing a Massive Black Hole’s Dramatic Awakening
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoAstronomers believe the 2019 brightening of galaxy SDSS1335+0728 may be the first real-time...
A rare ‘strawberry moon’ will be visible from Texas on Friday
Denton Record-Chronicle· 1 day agoStrawberry moon — ring any bells? On Friday night, if the sky is dark enough, you may be able to...
What Are Constellations, and Where Do They Come From?
Scientific American· 12 hours agoIf you go to a very dark site on a moonless night—and I cannot recommend it highly enough that you...
This Revolutionary New Observatory Will Locate Threatening Asteroids and Millions of Galaxies
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoWhen astronomers look at the sky more closely, countless “transient” phenomena come to light. Now a...
Astronomers observe pair of merging quasars, just 900 million years after Big Bang
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoAs reported by astronomers in a study describing the distant quasar merger, published Monday in the...
Astronomers Detect Sudden Awakening of Black Hole For First Time - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAstronomers are observing the sudden awakening of a giant black hole in the constellation of Virgo. "Decades of observations found nothing remarkable about the distant galaxy ...
Mauna Kea telescopes detect light from merging quasars | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 4 days agoAstronomers have used a pair of Mauna Kea telescopes to shed light on one of the universe’s earliest...
Neptune-like planet 'Phoenix' baffles astronomers with its atmosphere
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoAstronomers have discovered a planet beyond our solar system that’s so cozy with its host star, its...
Astronomers have discovered the oldest and farthest supernova ever
National Geographic· 3 days ago“I think it is great to see that these supernovae can be recovered in the Webb data,” says Harvard...
The strange new worlds scientists have discovered this year
Mashable· 7 days agoAstronomers continue to discover worlds beyond Earth's solar system, detecting hundreds of new ones...