We’re finding more asteroids with moons!
The binary system has a lot of mysteries to answer for
Also: Live interview today, two planets kiss in the morning, and the Perseid meteor shower
Plus: Happy BAN 750th, and a really beautiful photo of ice from space
A professional/amateur collaboration finds a previously unknown nebula. It’s weird, and gorgeous.
Also: A planet found using astrometry, and where does the Sun’s magnetic field originate?
It may have been a second generation star, and it’s in a Milky Way satellite galaxy
They’re ancient remnants of stars from galaxies our own galaxy ate
Astronomers found the black hole as it tosses its companion star around
It’s a weird galaxy, but it may be even weirder than we thought
Probably not, but it’s an interesting thought, and how could you tell?
Using a clever and subtle technique, astronomers have found a black hole that’s only 3,800 light-years from us. The tell: It’s tossing around a star with the mass of the Sun like a ball on a string.
