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Month: June 2020

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Giant star spots, not dust, likely culprit in dimming of Betelgeuse

29 June 2020 Astronomy Now

The pronounced dimming of the red giant Betelgeuse likely was caused by huge star spots, not by intervening dust, researchers say.

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A vast stellar nursery, a familiar target for amateurs, reveals its brilliant majesty

29 June 2020 Astronomy Now

A favourite target for amateur astronomers, M17, also known as the Omega, or Swan, Nebula, comes to life in a dramatic ESO image capturing the full extent of the enormous star-forming region.

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Monster black hole in early universe challenges theorists

25 June 2020 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have found a 1.5-billion-solar-mass black hole dating back to within 700 million years of the Big Bang birth of the cosmos.

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Gravity waves herald merger of black hole and enigmatic companion

24 June 2020 Astronomy Now

Gravity waves indicate the merger of a massive black hole and a much less massive companion that may represent a new class of objects.

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Researchers build “supernova in a box” to study the physics of stellar blasts

23 June 2020 Astronomy Now

Researchers build a “supernova machine” to mimic in miniature the explosive turbulent mixing that occurs when stars explode.

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Scientists ponder inconclusive data from dark matter experiment

21 June 2020 Astronomy Now

It’s not yet clear what, if anything, the XENON dark matter experiment may have detected during its recent run, but scientists are hopeful something new is in the offing.

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Hubble camera captures stunning new views of stars gone ‘haywire’

20 June 2020 Astronomy Now

New Hubble Space Telescope images of well-studied planetary nebulae reveal fast-changing structures and shed new light on how some stars go “haywire” near the ends of their lives, throwing off spectacular clouds and jets as they run out of nuclear fuel.

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Dramatic view of Venus about to be swallowed up by the Moon

19 June 2020 Mark Armstrong

This fantastic shot of Venus about to be occulted by the Moon was captured by Peter Goodhew using a remote telescope located in Spain.

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Expert astronomy: watch the Moon occult Venus

18 June 2020 Mark Armstrong

The Moon occults Venus on the morning of Friday 19 June in an exciting and quite rare event, which can be observed across the whole of the UK through a pair of binoculars or a small telescope.

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Astronomers find baby pulsar – a rare magnetar – born just 240 years ago

17 June 2020 Astronomy Now

The youngest known pulsar, born in a supernova blast just 240 years ago, also is a powerful magnetar, shedding new light on an enigmatic class of stellar powerhouses.

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  • Nova outburst in Centaurus
    24 September 2025
  • Astronomy Now relaunches digital platform
    12 September 2025
  • Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1e displays tentative evidence for an atmosphere
    8 September 2025
  • Ten-Year Lease Extension Confirmed at Herstmonceux Observatory
    18 August 2025
  • Graphic showing the close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus with other stars and contellations marked on a dark sky, above a horizon with trees in silhouette.
    Venus and Jupiter’s bright morning conjunction
    10 August 2025
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