Venus and Jupiter’s bright morning conjunction – Astronomy Now
Get ready for a clash of the titans when Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in our Solar System,...
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ALMA observations reveal dual fragmentation modes in high-mass star-forming cloud
Left: Morphological structure of the HFS in target region I18308, showing core spacing distribution. The HFS molecular cloud consists of...
The universe’s first stars unveiled in turbulent simulations
This image is from a ground-breaking simulation of the universe's primordial gas clouds. The universe's very first stars formed in...
Move over Mercury—Chiron is in retrograde: What even is Chiron?
You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: "Chiron is in retrograde." If...
It’s time again for Perseid meteors! – Astronomy Now
August means the Perseids: the annual shooting star spectacular reaches its peak to wow meteor enthusiasts with abundant bright events,...
Multiwavelength observations investigate the nature of a TeV gamma-ray binary
The 0.5–10 keV light curve of HESS J0632+057 measured by Swift. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.23304 An international team of...
A ‘mysterious giant’ behind binary black holes? Astronomers uncover first evidence of a third compact object
Gravitational wave events released by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. Credit: SHAO The binary black holes in the universe are already astonishing...
An interstellar mission to a black hole? Astrophysicist thinks it’s possible
Although extremely challenging, astrophysicist Cosimo Bambi argues that an interstellar mission to send a tiny spacecraft to the nearest black...
Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy harbors what may be the most massive black hole ever detected
Another image of the Cosmic Horseshoe, but with the pair of images of a second background source highlighted. The faint...
Evidence found for planet around closest sun-like star
This artist's concept shows what the gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A could look like. Observations of the triple-star system...
