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'Cat nights' are here as Leo, Leo minor, and Lynx constellations prowl the evening sky
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlong with Leo, there are two other members of the cat family that are currently well situated and...
Revealing the origin of unexpected differences in giant binary stars
Phys.org· 4 days agoIt is estimated that up to 85% of stars exist in binary star systems, some even in systems with...
Marvel at the cosmos at Worthy Brewing’s Hopservatory, now open for the season
The Bulletin· 4 hours agoThe Hopservatory at Worthy Brewing has reopened to the public, resuming its open-house style...
Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with 'lobster vision'
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEinstein Probe, however, is the first to employ lobster-eye optics in a space telescope. Its ...WXT...
JWST measures 'Hot Jupiter,' a distant exoplanet hot enough to forge iron
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTo get a better look, experts enlisted JWST’s Mid... Research Institute and the lead author of a...
The Naked-Eye Sky Will (Briefly) Host a New Star - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoRockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) wants to tell you about a "new" star that will be visible to the naked eye — without a telescope — sometime before September: By "< ...
Meet TAO, The Highest Telescope In The World, Which Just Looked Up For The First Time
Forbes· 9 hours agoJapan just switched on the world’s highest telescope. This week marks the “first light” for the...
Researchers advance detection of gravitational waves to study collisions of neutron stars and black...
Phys.org· 7 days agoThe research aims to send alerts to astronomers and astrophysicists within 30 seconds after the detection, helping to improve the understanding of neutron stars and black holes and how heavy ...
Orion's erupting star system reveals its secrets
Phys.org· 4 days agoThe strange phenomenon inspired a new classification of stars sharing the same name (FUor stars). It is now understood that this brightening is due to...
The Sky This Week from May 3 to 10: The Eta Aquariids’ time to shine
Astronomy Magazine· 9 hours agoThe Moon moves down an early-morning line of planets while Eta Aquariid meteors streak through the...