Friday, November 25, 2022

Sun-Like Star Found Orbiting Closest Black Hole to Earth

11/25/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

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International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani

Located just under 1,600 light-years away, the discovery suggests there might be a sizable population of dormant black holes in binary systems.

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ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

A new study found that cooling in the upper atmosphere will cause space junk in low Earth orbit to stick around longer.

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Miguel Claro

The ISS is an achievement of human engineering and one of skywatchers' only beloved satellites. Here's how you can spot it for yourself.

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Abhishek Joshi/UIUC

The massive object at the galaxy’s center is invisible. But this year’s picture of the swirling plasma around its edges will help to reveal more about the galaxy’s history and evolution.

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Astronomy: Roen Kelly

Can solar systems exist around binary stars — and if so, what kind of orbital patterns would the planets and moons have around the two suns?

OBSERVING

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Michael Karrer (Flickr)

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. 

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Sean Liang from Jingili, Australia; taken from Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile via iTelescope

The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188) are a collection of gas and dust 4,000 light-years away. The open cluster NGC 6193 serves as a backlight to their dramatic conflict. In the lower left lies NGC 6164/6165, a double-lobed planetary nebula.

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