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Double trouble! Astronomers discover distant quasar pairs

This image shows an artist’s impression of what the surface of the 2I/Borisov comet might look like. 2I/Borisov was a visitor from another planetary system that passed by our Sun in 2019, allowing astronomers a unique view of an interstellar comet. While telescopes on Earth and in space captured images of this comet, we don’t have any close-up observations of 2I/Borisov. It is therefore up to artists to create their own ideas of what the comet’s surface might look like, based on the scientific information we have about it. (SO/M. Kormesser)

Astronomy

Interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov is the most pristine comet ever observed

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole released in 2019, has today a new view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. (EHT Collaboration)

Astronomy

Black Hole Seen Clearly in Historic New Direct Image

Jupiter’s Supersonic Stratospheric Winds Make it a Unique Beast

Astronomy

Jupiter’s Supersonic Stratospheric Winds Make it a Unique Beast

Artist’s Impression of GJ 1132 b

Astronomy

The Exoplanet that grew a second atmosphere

This artist’s impression shows how the distant quasar P172+18 and its radio jets may have looked. To date (early 2021), this is the most distant quasar with radio jets ever found and it was studied with the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. It is so distant that light from it has travelled for about 13 billion years to reach us: we see it as it was when the Universe was only about 780 million years old. (ESO)

Astronomy

Astronomers have discovered the most distant radio signal ever

A Snapshot of Gliese 486b's journey around its parent star (Render Area)

Alien life

Nearby Super-Earth could be perfect for atmospheric investigation

Massive Black Hole Could Challenge Stellar Evolution Theories

Astronomy

Massive Black Hole Could Challenge Stellar Evolution Theories

This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. New research by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits. But while the orbital motion in this system is in harmony, the physical properties of the planets are more disorderly, with significant variations in density from planet to planet. This contrast challenges astronomers’ understanding of how planets form and evolve. This artist’s impression is based on the known physical parameters for the planets and the star seen, and uses a vast database of objects in the Universe. (ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org)

Astronomy

Astronomers discover an exoplanet system with rhythm

January 25, 2021

An artist’s view of the TRAPPIST-1 system. The TRAPPIST-1 star is home to the largest batch of roughly Earth-size planets ever found outside our solar system. An international study involving researchers from the Universities of Bern, Geneva and Zurich now shows that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Alien life

The Trappist-1 exoplanets could be worlds of water or rust

January 22, 2021

Space and Physics Developments to Look Forward to in 2021

Astronomy

Space and Physics Developments to Look Forward to in 2021

January 19, 2021

Astronomers witness the ‘death’ of a galaxy

Astronomy

Astronomers witness the ‘death’ of a galaxy

January 11, 2021

Baby universes branching off of our universe shortly after the Big Bang appear to us as black holes. (Kavli IPMU)

Astronomy

Primordial black holes could hide a multiverse of possibilities

January 6, 2021

2020: A Year in Space

Astronomy

2020: A Year in Space

December 23, 2020

Astronomers find two failed stars wandering the universe together

Astronomy

Astronomers find two failed stars wandering the universe together

December 17, 2020

A Big Blue Marble. A History of Earth from Space

Astronomy

A Big Blue Marble. A History of Earth from Space

December 6, 2020

An artist's conception of HD 209458 b, an exoplanet whose atmosphere is being torn off at more than 35,000 km/hour by the radiation of its close-by parent star. This hot Jupiter was the first alien world discovered via the transit method, and the first planet to have its atmosphere studied. [NASA/European Space Agency/Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS)]

Alien life

Stellar flares can strip away the atmosphere of planets, make them less habitable

November 9, 2020

An artist's impression of a gravitational microlensing event by a free-floating planet. (Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw)

Astronomy

‘Lonely’ Rogue Planet Discovered Wandering the Milky Way

November 3, 2020

Water Found on the Moon’s Sunlit Surface

Astronomy

Water Found on the Moon’s Sunlit Surface

October 26, 2020

Artist’s impression of star being tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole

Astronomy

Death By Spaghettification! Astronomers Spot a Star Being Consumed by a Black Hole

October 12, 2020

With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole, the first time such a close grouping has been seen within the first billion years of the Universe. This artist’s impression shows the central black hole and the galaxies trapped in its gas web. The black hole, which together with the disc around it is known as quasar SDSS J103027.09+052455.0, shines brightly as it engulfs matter around it. (ESO/L. Calçada)

Astronomy

‘Cosmic Web’ of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies

October 1, 2020

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