Category: Astronomy
-
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole – W. M. Keck Observatory The Keck Observatory telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, are the world’s largest optical and infrared telescopes. Keck Observatory’s vision is to advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world. Source: keckobservatory.org/g-objects-2/
-
New pattern uncovered in mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from deep space
New pattern uncovered in mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from deep space What’s creating these unusual signals? And why does this one repeat itself? Source: www.livescience.com/mysterious-fast-radio-burst-pattern.html
-
Is Another Interstellar Visitor Headed Our Way? – Sky & Telescope
Is Another Interstellar Visitor Headed Our Way? – Sky & Telescope An amateur has discovered a comet that might be the second interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua — and it’s heading for perihelion late this year. Source: www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-interstellar-comet-headed-our-way/
-
Radical Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
Radical Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space A science team has discovered a new possible pathway for forming carbon structures in space using an X-ray technique at Berkeley Lab. Source: newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/09/03/radical-wrinkle-complex-carbon-molecules-in-space/
-
Thirty Meter Telescope forges ahead with Canary Islands site – Physics World
Thirty Meter Telescope forges ahead with Canary Islands site – Physics World Officials at the protest-hit telescope seek a construction permit for the island of La Palma Source: physicsworld.com/a/thirty-meter-telescope-forges-ahead-with-canary-islands-site/
-
What do you call a moon that escapes its planet? A ‘ploonet’
What do you call a moon that escapes its planet? A ‘ploonet’ If giant planets in other star systems lose their moons, the freed objects could become “ploonets,” and current telescopes may be able to find them. Source: www.sciencenews.org/article/moons-escape-their-planets-could-become-ploonets
-
SpaceX Starlink satellites dazzle but pose big questions for astronomers
SpaceX Starlink satellites dazzle but pose big questions for astronomers Elon Musk’s new satellite megaconstellation will make it harder to study the sky with ground-based telescopes. Source: www.cnet.com/news/spacex-starlink-satellites-dazzle-but-pose-big-questions-for-astronomers/
-
Montage – Image Mosaic Software for Astronomers
Montage – Image Mosaic Software for Astronomers Montage is a toolkit for assembling Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) images into custom mosaics. Key features for end users are: Source: montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
-
Looks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B
Looks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B Looks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B The Sun is known to rotate differentially, which plays a large part in our understanding…
-
Why Supersymmetry May Be The Greatest Failed Prediction In Particle Physics History
Why Supersymmetry May Be The Greatest Failed Prediction In Particle Physics History It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared. Source: www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/02/12/why-supersymmetry-may-be-the-greatest-failed-prediction-in-particle-physics-history/
-
SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A
SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A Cosmic dust, a building block of stars and planets, can form in the wake of a violent stellar explosion called a supernova, according to a new study using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. These surprising findings…
-
Inside 3 Mars Meteorites: A Different Path for ‘Building Blocks of Life’?
Inside 3 Mars Meteorites: A Different Path for ‘Building Blocks of Life’? New work suggests a battery-like reaction that could have created organic material within Mars meteorites. Source: www.space.com/42300-mars-meteorite-organic-molecules-battery-reaction.html?fbclid=IwAR2rwhX_Wofwc5vNGCs9qA4kcHxlVyhGRNc-WNNgkiUavTqGGn9tOVRVRwI
-
Directly measuring the mass of an imaged planet
Directly measuring the mass of an imaged planet Extremely accurate measurements of the position of β Pictoris from the Hipparcos and Gaia satellites allow the direct measurement of the mass of the imaged planet β Pic b. Source: astrobites.org/2018/09/21/directly_measureing_the_mass_of_beta_pic_b/
-
Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them
Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them Last year’s mysterious outburst of deep-space light flashes was even more frenzied than previously thought, a new study reports. Source: www.space.com/41775-breakthrough-listen-fast-radio-bursts.html