31 May 2023
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Month: April 2023

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Dealer’s choice: Hubble spots a quasar, an AGN and a Seyfert galaxy all in one

4 April 2023 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope spots an luminous galaxy that defies simple classification, meeting the definition of an AGN (active galactic nucleus), a quasar or a Seyfert galaxy all at once.

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Mercury joins Venus in the early-evening

3 April 2023 Mark Armstrong

Elusive Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, can now be spotted in the western sky soon after sunset, on its way to greatest eastern elongation (19°) from the Sun on 11 April.

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News Headlines

  • Seeing the universe in X-rays, optical and infrared, all at once
    26 May 2023
  • A record-setting explosion as a supermassive black hole gorges on gas
    15 May 2023
  • Globular cluster mystery may be explained by short-lived ultra-massive suns
    13 May 2023
  • Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound Juice probe finally freed
    12 May 2023
  • NASA developing a robotic snake to slither on – and into – icy moons
    11 May 2023
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