October 2020 – Astronomy Now

Red dwarfs may be more hazardous to one’s health than previously thought

30 October 2020 Astronomy Now

Observations of Barnard’s Star, a nearby red dwarf, suggest planets orbiting the galaxy’s most commonplace stars may be challenging for life.

Growing up fast in the very early universe

27 October 2020 Astronomy Now

A survey of 118 young galaxies found many at a more mature stage in their evolution than astronomers were expecting

Adding impetus to Artemis, water found on sunlit surface of the Moon

26 October 2020 Astronomy Now

In a surprise, infrared observations of the Moon have found unambiguous signatures of water molecules across sunlit regions of the lunar surface.

OSIRIS-REx captures treasure trove of samples from asteroid Bennu

25 October 2020 Astronomy Now

OSIRIS-REx was so successful capturing samples from the surface of asteroid Bennu that engineers moved up plans to stow the material for return to Earth.

OSIRIS-REx stirs up a rocky blizzard tagging an asteroid in search of samples

23 October 2020 Astronomy Now

OSIRIS-REx kicked up a storm of rocky debris during its dramatic 20 October attempt to snag samples from the asteroid Bennu. Frames from a stop-action movie provide a bird’s eye view.

Live coverage: OSIRIS-REx descending toward asteroid Bennu for sampling run

20 October 2020 Stephen Clark

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its descent toward a touch and go landing on asteroid Bennu at 11:12 p.m. BST (2212 GMT) Tuesday. The craft will attempt to collect samples from the asteroid’s gravely surface for return to Earth in 2023 for scientists to search for clues about the origins and evolution of the Solar System.

Month: October 2020

Red dwarfs may be more hazardous to one’s health than previously thought

Growing up fast in the very early universe

Adding impetus to Artemis, water found on sunlit surface of the Moon

OSIRIS-REx captures treasure trove of samples from asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx stirs up a rocky blizzard tagging an asteroid in search of samples

Live coverage: OSIRIS-REx descending toward asteroid Bennu for sampling run

Red supergiant Betelgeuse not so bright, not so giant, not so far away

Supermassive black hole ‘spaghettifies’ doomed star in tidal disruption event

Hubble captures a barred spiral galaxy aglow with blazing stellar nurseries

Nobel Prize in physics honours black hole theory and observation