German-Russian Astronomy Satellite Launches – Sky & Telescope
Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma, a long-delayed and much-modified X-ray astronomy package carrying the EROSITA telescope, launched successfully on Saturday.
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Why the “Random Transiter” is now the most mysterious star in the Galaxy
By Earl on 04 Jul 2019 No CommentsWhy the “Random Transiter” is now the most mysterious star in the Galaxy
Move aside Tabby’s star – a new enigmatic star observed by K2 looks to have taken the title of the “most mysterious star in the galaxy” – HD 139139. Here I’ll tr…
Source: www.hughosborn.co.uk/2019/06/29/why-the-random-transiter-is-the-most-mysterious-star-in-the-galaxy/
100 years after, Astronomers carry out the Einstein’s Eclipse experiment at La Silla Observatory in Chile
By Earl on 16 Jun 2019 No Comments100 years after, Astronomers carry out the Einstein’s Eclipse experiment at La Silla Observatory in Chile
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historical experiment which verified Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, a team of astronomers will measure again the deflection of starlight in the vicinity of the Sun’s gravitational field during the July 2 2019 total solar eclipse in Chile !
Three Stellar Populations? Unresolved Binaries? Mysteries of the Orion Nebula Cluster
By Earl on 25 May 2019 No CommentsThree Stellar Populations? Unresolved Binaries? Mysteries of the Orion Nebula Cluster
Does the Orion Nebula Cluster actually include three distinct stellar populations? Or is it all just a bunch of unresolved binaries and triple systems?
Source: astrobites.org/2019/05/24/mysteries-of-the-orion-nebula-cluster/