Just some short science news items
A usually weak shower may strengthen with 200 visible per hour. Maaaaaaaybe.
The magnificent globular cluster Omega Centauri’s stars give away the presence of the black hole
It’s eating the equivalent of a Sun’s worth of material EVERY DAY
11 October 2021 Issue #365
Jupiter’s nightmare hellscape moon Io is seen up close by Juno for the first time
An incredibly fast wind from a black hole, and a super-hot super-Earth may have a broiling atmosphere, too
The hustle and bustle of a busy galaxy’s heart is pretty danged amazing
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10 January 2022 Issue #391
A NASA video shows how big black holes get. I explain how that works.
Nothing about this story isn’t really big
