September 2020 – Astronomy Now

Listening to the music of the Milky Way

26 September 2020 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have turned the 1s and 0s making up images from three space observatories into sound, allowing them to hear the “music” of the Milky Way.

Black hole’s shadow is wobbling, providing insights into dynamics of accretion disc

23 September 2020 Astronomy Now

The famously imaged shadow of the supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 is wobbling, opening a new window on the dynamics of its accretion disc.

Researchers find exoplanet with pi-like 3.14-day orbit

22 September 2020 Astronomy Now

Researchers digging through Kepler Space Telescope data found an exoplanet with a pi-like 3.14-day orbit around a cool , low-mass star.

Infrared map of Enceladus shows “tiger stripes” and hints of recent resurfacing

22 September 2020 Astronomy Now

Researchers using data from the Cassini mission have put together a new global spectral map of Enceladus, a moon with icy jets spewing into space from a sub-surface ocean.

Join us for the Cosmic Clouds 3-D book launch

22 September 2020 Astronomy Now

Join us at 8pm BST (1900 GMT) for the launch of Cosmic Cloud 3-D, hosted by London’s Science Museum. Featuring a breath-taking lenticular 3-D front cover, Cosmic Clouds 3-D takes you on a mesmerising journey that tells the story of the birth, death and recycling of stars in nebulae.

Giant Magellan Telescope wins grant to help develop advanced technologies

20 September 2020 Astronomy Now

The Giant Magellan Telescope Organisation wins a $17.5-million grant to help develop advanced adaptive optics and mirror alignment technology.

Hubble captures spectacular new view of Jupiter and Europa

17 September 2020 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope checks in on Jupiter, capturing another sunning view of the giant planet, its Great Red Spot and a colourful tapestry of turbulant cloud bands.

In a first, intact planet found in close orbit around white dwarf

16 September 2020 Astronomy Now

In the first discovery of its kind, astronomers find signs of an intact Jupiter-class planet in close orbit around a compact white dwarf.

Possible evidence found for life on Venus

14 September 2020 Keith Cooper

The best evidence for life beyond Earth has been found in the most surprising of places – the atmosphere of Venus. A team led by Jane Greaves, who is a professor at Cardiff University, has detected the presence of phosphine gas in Venus’ clouds.

Watch today’s major announcement from the Royal Astronomical Society

14 September 2020 Astronomy Now

The Royal Astronomical Society is hosting a news conference today to announce a groundbreaking astronomy result. Tune in at 4pm BST (1500 GMT).