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Topic: Astronomy (page 2)

Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both the star and the black hole, dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common centre of mass. (ESO/L. Calçada)

Unexpected massive black hole discovery

Rae Hodge
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

First non-American to walk on the Moon

Rae Hodge
This picture taken early on December 26, 2019 shows a seagull flying above a beach in Kuwait City during the partial solar eclipse event. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

How will birds respond to the eclipse?

Kimberly Rosvall, Liz Aguilar - The Conversation
Alex Jones | Solar Eclipse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Solar eclipses breed conspiracy theories

Nicole Karlis
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Moon (Getty Images/MASTER)

NASA instructed to make a Moon clock

Rae Hodge
A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Rae Hodge
Mars Dust Storm (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

The secret history of water on Mars

Rae Hodge
Artist’s Impression of Heaviest Supermassive Binary Black Hole (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva/M. Zamani)

Heaviest black hole pair ever measured

Matthew Rozsa
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Planets Neptune and Uranus (Getty Images/Jason Reed)

New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Nicole Karlis
Logo of NASA is displayed on mobile phone screen in front of Blue Origin icon on February 27, 2023. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Going to space? Fly at your own risk

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Aiming the A&M 80mm refractor on the Astro-Tech Voyager mount at the Milky Way with its laser pointer finder showing the way. (Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Satellites are ruining space exploration

Samantha Lawler - The Conversation
Jupiter's moon Europa in front of the planet Jupiter (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Planets' striking gravitational dance

Chris Impey - The Conversation
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Artist's impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the right it fades to invisibility. (Philip Lucas/University of Hertfordshire)

Strange new star discovered in Milky Way

Rae Hodge
An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69b orbiting its host star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory)

Should we redefine habitable planets?

Nicole Karlis
An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69b orbiting its host star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory)

"Hot Jupiter" has a massive tail

Nicole Karlis
In this handout provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, October 13, 2023 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

Space missions slated for launch in 2024

Ali M. Bramson - The Conversation
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Black hole, dark matter, periodic table of elements (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

8 mind-bending science moments in 2023

Rae Hodge
Babylonian tablet dating to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II | Earth's Magnetic Field (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Slemani Museum)

Space mystery solved by Babylonian relic

Rae Hodge
This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI))

Potential alien planets spotted in 2023

Nicole Karlis
Visualization of a binary star experiencing mass transfer. (Institute of Science and Technology Austria/Ylva Götberg)

"Bluest of blue" stars discovered

Nicole Karlis
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Gravitation waves, 3D illustration (Getty Images/andreusK)

Hunting for sources of gravitational hum

Nicole Karlis
Black hole (Getty Images/Petrovich9)

How to juice energy from a black hole

Nicole Karlis
Astronaut James H Newman and Carl E Waltz, mission specialists, practice space walking techniques and evaluate tools to be used on the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission scheduled for later in the year, 16th September 1993. (Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

On almost breaking the Hubble telescope

Mike Massimino
Artistic rendering of the possible view from LHS 3154b towards its low mass host star. Given its large mass, LHS 3154b probably has a Neptune-like composition. (Penn State, CC BY-NC-ND)

Planet discovered is too big for its sun

Matthew Rozsa
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