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Earth-size habitable-zone planet found in archived Kepler data

19 April 2020 Astronomy Now

Researchers taking a second look at archived Kepler data find a mislabled Earth-size exoplanet in a red dwarf’s habitable zone.

Star’s orbit around black hole more proof Einstein was right

16 April 2020 Astronomy Now

After decades of observation, researchers confirm the orbit of a star in close orbit around the Milky Way’s central black hole obeys Einstein’s predictions.

Observations show shock waves likely key to nova’s brightness

15 April 2020 Astronomy Now

Observations indicate the visible brightness of a nova is driven by gamma ray emissions from shockwaves in the post-explosion environment.

’Oumuamua was a unique object. Now astronomers think there could be trillions just like it

14 April 2020 Keith Cooper

The mysterious interstellar object 1I/‘Oumuamua, and trillions of others like it, could have formed when its parent body was pulled apart by gravitational tides from a star, resulting in elongated shards being ejected into interstellar space.

The Universe may not look the same in all directions after all

13 April 2020 Astronomy Now

X-ray observations of more than 800 galaxy clusters suggest the expansion of the universe may be faster in some regions than in others.

BepiColombo flies by Earth, completing first leg of journey to Mercury

12 April 2020 Stephen Clark

Working with a reduced staff due to coronavirus-related restrictions, European Space Agency flight controllers monitored the BepiColombo spacecraft during a flyby of Earth on Friday, a maneuver that used our planet’s gravity to steer the mission on a course toward Mercury.

Earth-size habitable-zone planet found in archived Kepler data

Star’s orbit around black hole more proof Einstein was right

Observations show shock waves likely key to nova’s brightness

’Oumuamua was a unique object. Now astronomers think there could be trillions just like it

The Universe may not look the same in all directions after all

BepiColombo flies by Earth, completing first leg of journey to Mercury

Swarm of NASA nanosats to probe source of solar eruptions

Event Horizon Telescope reveals inner workings of quasar’s jet

Perseverance Mars rover gets its wheels as launch preps continue

Intermediate mass ‘missing link’ black hole identified