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New black hole image: 4 things we know
Astronomers released a long-sought image of our Milky Way's supermassive black hole yesterday. Here are 4 things we know.
Dave Adalian
May 13, 2022
Milky Way’s black hole seen at last!
Astronomers have succeeded in capturing the 1st direct image of our Milky Way's black hole, a monster with the mass of 4 million suns!
Andy Briggs
May 13, 2022
Supermassive black hole a feature of most galaxies
A large galaxy typically has a supermassive black hole at its heart. These black holes contains millions - to billions - of times our sun's mass.
Andy Briggs
May 12, 2022
TESS finds 30 exocomets for Beta Pictoris
An international team of astronomers has discovered 30 exocomets orbiting the young star Beta Pictoris, 64 light-years away from Earth.
Paul Scott Anderson
May 11, 2022
Asteroids photobombed deep Hubble images
When astronomers realized that asteroids photobombed deep space images from Hubble, citizen scientists got to work. The result: over 1,000 new asteroid discoveries!
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 10, 2022
Webb fully aligned! See the new test images
NASA's Webb telescope has finished aligning all of its science instruments. The new test images are a taste of what's to come.
Paul Scott Anderson
May 8, 2022
International Astronomy Day is May 7
International Astronomy Day occurs twice a year. The next celebration is on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Find resources and info on the night sky here.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 6, 2022
Daylight fireball over Mississippi: Meteorites found!
Searchers have found meteorites - pieces of the daylight fireball - seen on April 27, 2022. These meteorites landed near Natchez, Mississippi.
Robert Lunsford
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 4, 2022
Did alien technology crash in Pacific in 2014? Harvard astronomer says ‘maybe’
Did alien technology crash into the Pacific Ocean in 2014? Despite disagreement from colleagues, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb says it's possible.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 4, 2022
Harvard astronomer: Earthly spacecraft as alien artifacts
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb shares an analogy of how spacecraft sent from Earth might appear as alien artifacts on a different planet.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 4, 2022
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