[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth saw the first wild but blurry image of a supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy on Thursday. Astronomers believeRead More
Tag: Astronomers
Astronomers Find What Could Be the Farthest Galaxy Ever
[ad_1] Astronomers have been jumping past each other lately. Last week, a group using the Hubble Space Telescope announced they had discovered what it could be. The most distant andRead More
First Quadruple Asteroid: Astronomers Detect a 3-Piece Space Rock
[ad_1] We already knew that Asteroid 130 Elektra was special. Astronomers have discovered that it has two moons before, making it a rare triple asteroid system. Now a third moonRead More
Astronomers Find A New Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth’s Orbit
[ad_1] There seemed to be no Trojan asteroids on Earth either, until astronomers found one in 2010 at the L4 Lagrange point, 60 degrees ahead of Earth. Subsequent searches wereRead More
James Webb Space Telescope Launch Makes Astronomers Very Worried
[ad_1] What do astronomers eat for breakfast the day their $10 billion telescope is launched into space? nails. “You’ve been working for years and everything is going up in aRead More
Star System with Right Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers
[ad_1] Star systems come in all shapes and sizes. Some have many planets, some have larger planets, and some have no planets at all. But a particularly unusual system aboutRead More
US astronomers want giant telescope to hunt for new Earth-like
[ad_1] Using spectroscopy, which studies how matter and light interact, astronomers will now begin examining the atmospheres of large, hot worlds for evidence of biosignatures or signs of life onRead More
Astronomers Find A Planet That Survived The Death Of Its Star
[ad_1] When our sun goes into death throes in about five billion years, it will burn our planet and then dramatically turn into a dead ember known as a whiteRead More
Chinese astronomers want to build an observatory in Tibet
[ad_1] At an altitude of more than 2.5 miles, Lenghu “is known to have unusually clear skies,” says Licai Deng, a scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-authorRead More
Astronomers detect x-rays from behind a supermassive black hole
[ad_1] “This is a really exciting result,” says Edward Cackett, an astronomer at Wayne State University who was not involved in the study. “While we’ve seen the signature of X-rayRead More