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New closest-known black hole lies in a visible star system
Only 1,000 light-years away, the star system can be seen with the unaided eye.
May 6, 2020
A mystery solved? Fast Radio Burst detected within Milky Way
Fast Radio Bursts are very mysterious bursts of radio waves - perhaps just a thousandth of a second long - coming from all over the sky. This new discovery of one in our own galaxy is a stunner!
May 4, 2020
Milky Way could be catapulting stars into its outer halo
Scientists used computer simulations to learn that our Milky Way galaxy may sometimes launch newly forming stars into the space around itself - that is, into the halo of our galaxy - via outflows triggered by supernova explosions.
May 3, 2020
This small asteroid zipped closely past Earth this week
A small asteroid, 2020 HS7, passed at nearly the distance of geosynchronous satellites.
May 1, 2020
Will Dragonfly find dust devils on Titan?
Earth and Mars both are known to have swirling dust devils moving along their surfaces. Saturn's large moon Titan might have them, too, according to a new study. If so, NASA's planned Dragonfly mission will be able to find them.
April 30, 2020
Online viewing of large asteroid rescheduled for April 29
A cloudy sky last night prevented the online viewing of large, close-passing asteroid 1998 OR2. The Virtual Telescope Project will be trying again today to show you the asteroid, which passed us earlier today.
April 29, 2020
First-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified by scientists from the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
April 29, 2020
Breakup of comet ATLAS
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of the breakup of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS).
April 29, 2020
Are these 19 eccentric asteroids from other star systems?
In the first discovery of its kind, researchers in France have found 19 asteroids in our solar system - between the planets Jupiter and Neptune - that they say are likely of interstellar origin.
April 28, 2020
Are giant magnetic bubbles depleting Uranus’ atmosphere?
Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, looking at old data from Voyager 2, have found evidence that plasmoids are slowly causing Uranus' atmosphere to leak into space.
April 28, 2020
