An eccentric massive protobinary assembled via a core-merger parabolic encounter
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9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Roman joins an international cohort of teamworking telescopes. Roman will work in tandem with many other NASA-led and…
Astronomers Got an Unusually Sharp Look at Betelgeuse. They Found a Lumpy Star With a Hotspot That Won’t Budge
This ALMA image shows the submillimeter surface of Betelgeuse, revealing its irregular shape and regions of hotter gas.…
Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new…
Pluto’s atmosphere update! It’s thinning
NASA calls this image “Pluto’s Blue Sky.” It’s a backlit view of Pluto, acquired by the New Horizons…
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“I Jumped From My Chair” – Astronomers Discover a Hidden Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
This image shows the location of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter).…
Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns
Episode description: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar…
Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star
When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something. In a new paper in…
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole actually doesn’t devour everything
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WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
China’s nutraceutical boom offers opportunities for European brands
According to data from WPIC, a digital commerce and technology agency that helps global brands enter, scale and…