Meet Earendel: The Farthest Star Yet
Astronomers at Johns Hopkins University announced the discovery of the most distant single star ever seen. And they’ve named it Earendel.
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Tag: Astronomy
Two Giant Black Holes Spiral Toward Collision
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it. As the orbit shrinks, the pair gets closer to merging.
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Video of the Day: ‘We Don’t Talk About Pluto’
Today’s selection combines astronomy with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s latin salsa, spoofing not only the song, but Pluto’s planethood as well.
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James Webb Telescope Looks To Stars After Space Origami
The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its LeGrange 2 (L2) orbital node and has now been pointed at its first star.
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Giant Supernova “X-rays” the Entire Universe
AT2020mrf, the first supernova detected by its X-ray brightening. bathed the Universe in X-rays across billions of light-years, including us.
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