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Friday, July 29, 2022

Black Hole Debunkers Discover a Sleeping Giant

07/29/2022

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ESO/L. Calçada Black hole debunkers discover a sleeping giant Researchers may have located a supernovaless black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. READ MORE

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Steven Robinson (Flickr) The sky this week Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. READ MORE

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Paolo Palma from Naples, Italy

“Kaleidocosmo”

This striking mosaic contains an image of every star of magnitude 5 or brighter visible from Naples, Italy, where the imager is based. Every photo — about 1,250 of them — was taken on a smartphone through a defocused telescope, resulting in the doughnut-shaped image. By defocusing the image, the photographer emphasizes the variety of stellar colors, ranging from white-hot carbon-burning stars to the cool, crimson hues of aging red giants.

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