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Juno images Io rising over the immense limb of Jupiter

18 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Last week, we posted a dramatic view of Jupiter’s churning clouds as recently seen by NASA’s Juno orbiter. Here is another mesmerising JunoCam view of the solar system’s largest planet with the volcanically tortured moon Io rising above the horizon in the black of space.

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Super-Earth found orbiting Barnard’s Star just six light years away

14 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers analysing 20 years of data precisely charting the position of Barnard’s Star some six light years away have discovered the second closest exoplanet to Earth.

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Gravity waves marked birth of merged hypermassive neutron star

14 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Detailed analysis of gravitational wave data collected last year indicating the merger of two neutron stars shows the result was a single massive neutron star, not a black hole.

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Juno orbiter captures another stunning view of Jupiter

14 November 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently completed its 16th close flyby of Jupiter, capturing more stunning views of the giant planet’s turbulent atmosphere with anticyclonic storms and bright white “pop-up” clouds.

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Gaia data reveals previously unseen ‘ghost’ galaxy near Milky Way

13 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers sifting through the treasure trove of data from the Gaia spacecraft have discovered a large but exceedingly dim dwarf galaxy lurking near the outskirts of the Milky Way.

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Parker Solar Probe in good shape after close approach to Sun

13 November 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe came through its first close encounter with the sun on 5 November in excellent condition after braving extreme temperatures and radiation studying the solar corona.

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Hot magnetosphere around white dwarf explains mystery

9 November 2018 Astronomy Now

For the first time, a powerful magnetosphere has been detected around a white dwarf, providing a mechanism that explains a long-standing mystery.

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Astronomers spot black hole-powered ‘galactic fountain’

9 November 2018 Astronomy Now

A supermassive black hole at the heart of the brightest galaxy in a cluster a billion light years away is powering a vast “galactic fountain” of gas that shoots out into space and then rains back inward to fuel another cycle.

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Merging galactic black holes focus of new survey

9 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers are getting their best views yet of supermassive black holes in the cores of colliding galaxies moving toward mergers, rapidly growing as they gorge on stellar debris

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Astronomers find oldest known star in the Milky Way

6 November 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have found what may be the oldest star in the Milky Way, a tiny 13.5-billion-year-old body made up primarily of elements created in the Big Bang.

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News Headlines

  • Potentially bright ‘sungrazing’ comet discovered
    16 January 2026
  • Hubble revisits a cosmic yardstick
    25 October 2025
  • Europe’s planet hunting spacecraft complete and ready for final testing
    21 October 2025
  • Nova outburst in Centaurus
    24 September 2025
  • Astronomy Now relaunches digital platform
    12 September 2025

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