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  • [ 12 May 2022 ] Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait News
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Month: October 2020

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

16 October 2020 Astronomy Now

The red supergiant Betelgeuse, a prime supernova candidate in the not-too-distant future, may not be quite as large and far away as previously thought.

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

12 October 2020 Astronomy Now

Catching a tidal disruption event early allowed astronomers to follow along as a supermassive black hole devoured a passing star.

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Hubble captures a barred spiral galaxy aglow with blazing stellar nurseries

9 October 2020 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope, working with the ALMA radio observatory to characterize galactic environments conducive to star formation, captures a prime example in splendid detail.

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Nobel Prize in physics honours black hole theory and observation

6 October 2020 Astronomy Now

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics honours Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the theory and observation of black holes

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  • Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait

    12 May 2022
  • Webb optical alignment complete and virtually perfect

    9 May 2022
  • Ingenuity zooms over Mars rover’s discarded parachute and backshell

    2 May 2022
  • The largest comet ever seen has been measured – and it’s a whopper

    14 April 2022
  • Webb optics alignment achieves near perfect focus

    21 March 2022
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