Milky Wayâs black hole seen at last!
Astronomers have succeeded in capturing the 1st direct image of our Milky Way’s black hole, a monster with the mass of 4 million suns!
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Supermassive black hole a feature of most galaxies
A large galaxy typically has a supermassive black hole at its heart. These black holes contains millions – to billions – of times our sun’s mass.
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Fire season in US Southwest is early and intense
The 2022 fire season started early and is intense. Using prescribed burns and thinning can help reduce how quickly and far a wildfire spreads.
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TESS finds 30 exocomets for Beta Pictoris
An international team of astronomers has discovered 30 exocomets orbiting the young star Beta Pictoris, 64 light-years away from Earth.
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Twin cyclones mirror each other in Indian Ocean
Twin cyclones Asani and Karim swirled in opposite directions on each side of the equator in the Indian Ocean. Both storms are weakening.
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SpaceX might be back on target with Starship in Texas
An optimistic tweet from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressing hope the company can fly the Starship Heavy Lift Vehicle into…
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Asteroids photobombed deep Hubble images
When astronomers realized that asteroids photobombed deep space images from Hubble, citizen scientists got to work. The result: over 1,000 new asteroid discoveries!
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Retrograde motion can be real, or illusory
Retrograde motion of Jupiter or Mars or Saturn in our sky is an illusion, a trick of perspective. But there’s a real retrograde motion, too.
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Large asteroid 7335 to pass safely May 27
Large asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will safely pass our planet on May 27, 2022, coming closer than it will again for the next 200 years.
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Storm-chasing: A picturesque Texas tornado
Meteorologist Peter Forister spent the first week in May on the Great Plains, witnessing eight tornadoes over three days. Read his storm chasing account.
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