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
The stars are so young they’re not even really stars yet
Plus: Venus meteors and a pair of supermassive black holes at the edge of the Universe
A gorgeous galaxy and a sweaty planet
Get more BAN for less money! Plus actual astronomy stuff, like the solstice, and radiation hitting the Curiosity Mars rover
A new study says 2.25 times the mass of the Sun, give or take. Any more, and you get a black hole.
