August 2020 August 7, 2020: NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Image of Longest-Lived Star in Milky Way Galaxy August 13, 2020: Scientists Detect a Possible Interstellar Object Orbiting Our Sun August 19, 2020: Astronomers Discover an 'Ultra-Fast' Star Moving Through Our Galaxy at Nearly 4 Million Miles per Hour August 28, 2020: Scientists Find Evidence of a New Type of Supernova September 2020 September 2, 2020: Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of a Black Hole September 9, 2020: Scientists Discover Earth-Like Exoplanet That Could Support Life September 14, 2020: Hubble Telescope Captures Image of the Youngest Star Ever Seen September 22, 2020: Astronomers Detect a Mysterious Radio Signal Coming From an Unknown Source in Space September 30, 2020: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Reveals Jupiter's Unique Magnetic Field Structure

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10.03.2023

Water Molecules Found Circling Distant Star V883 Orionis

Astronomers observing V883 Orionis, a young star 1,300 light years away from Earth, discovered gaseous water in the planet-forming disk that surrounds it.

Mashable

10.04.2023

A speeding black hole is birthing baby stars across light years | Mashable

NASA astronomers say a runaway black hole is moving so fast, it's leaving a trail of new stars, rather than consuming cosmic objects ahead. It's never been seen before in the universe.

Space.com

28.07.2023

Story of stars from the cradle to the grave in the early universe told by distant galaxy | Space

A galaxy located 13.2 billion light years away that existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang is the home of the most distant sites of star birth and stellar death ever seen.

Space.com

06.09.2023

Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history | Space

The magnetic field is a thousand times weaker than Earth’s, but is spread out across 16,000 light years.

Space.com

12.09.2023

Astronomers may have discovered the closest black holes to Earth | Space

Scientists think two, or even three, black holes could live just about 150 light years from our planet.

Space.com

17.11.2023

Hubble Telescope investigates nearby exoplanet, finds it's Earth-size | Space

The rocky exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, located about 22.5 light years away, has been observed transiting its star by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Free Thought Blogs Pharyngula

30.11.2023

Frivolous space tourism?

I was booking flights to Seattle this morning, a fairly short hop away from Minneapolis, when I saw another interesting destination: a new planetary system only 100 light years away, HD 110067. Uni…

Space.com

17.01.2024

Hubble Telescope reveals galaxy that hosted a supernova 2.5 billion times brighter than the sun (photo) | Space

The Hubble Space Telescope zoomed into a galaxy 150 million light years away to study a supernova that released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun, resulting in a stunning image.

Free Thought Blogs Pharyngula

05.04.2024

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

Something funny is going on 650 light years away…or should I use the past tense? Something funny was going on 650 years ago. The star Betelgeuse is/was acting up, dimming and then brightening (well…

Mashable

21.04.2024

This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now. | Mashable

A so-called nova will cause a star system 3,000 light years away to shine any day now, making it suddenly visible to the naked eye.

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Water Molecules Found Circling Distant Star V883 Orionis

A speeding black hole is birthing baby stars across light years | Mashable

Story of stars from the cradle to the grave in the early universe told by distant galaxy | Space

Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history | Space

Astronomers may have discovered the closest black holes to Earth | Space

Hubble Telescope investigates nearby exoplanet, finds it's Earth-size | Space

Frivolous space tourism?

Hubble Telescope reveals galaxy that hosted a supernova 2.5 billion times brighter than the sun (photo) | Space

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now. | Mashable

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