The nearby Jupiter-like world orbits Epsilon Indi A, a star less than 12 light-years from us
If you claim aliens, I want evidence.
Plus: Happy BAN 750th, and a really beautiful photo of ice from space
News roundup about another asteroid, a fireball that was once an asteroid, and weird cave life
JWST images pick up three of the little buggers
It’s also a cautionary tale on letting go of bad ideas. Bonus: fun math!
The magnificent globular cluster Omega Centauri’s stars give away the presence of the black hole
Also: Light pollution is still bad, coal mines can be used for good, and super-Earths around a nearby star
Hubble finds lots of asteroids by accident, plus we’re doing pretty well switching to renewables
A professional/amateur collaboration finds a previously unknown nebula. It’s weird, and gorgeous.
These weird features may be due to sinkholes. Also some news on ISS and spacesuits and asteroid hunters.
Time to rethink some more astronomy names. Plus a distant huge black hole, and Mars gets whacked a lot