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…
Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Long-Suspected Stellar Companion
After a century of speculation, astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured the clearest evidence yet…
New research reveals massive stars both exploded in tandem
‘A rare opportunity’ The discovery may offer insight into binary systems composed of massive stars. “This system provides…
Astronomers Find Omega Centauri’s First Stellar-Mass Black Hole
After decades of searching, astronomers have pinpointed the first of an estimated 10,000 stellar-mass black holes thought to…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
Gemini North Telescope Peers into Crystal Ball Nebula
A stunning new image from the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i,…
Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds
The existence of circumbinary planets — exoplanets that orbit binary stars — has only been firmly established over…
VLT Discovers Third Gas Cloud near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
The newly-identified gas cloud, dubbed G2t, follows nearly the same orbit as two known clouds, suggesting they were…
VLT Reveals Secrets of Old Stellar Couple
A stunning new image from the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)…
Webb Spots Four Distinct Dust Shells around Two Wolf-Rayet Stars
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two team of…
Astronomers Find Three Earth-Sized Exoplanets in Compact Binary System
The binary stellar system TOI-2267 likely harbors two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an additional Earth-sized candidate, according to…
ALMA Captures Spiral-Shaped Gas Streamer Guided by Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Region
This streamer of gas is channeling matter from the surrounding cloud of a star-forming region in Perseus directly…