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Our Galaxy's Center Might Hold Thousands of Black Holes
A new study has uncovered a dozen stellar-mass black holes within 3 light-years of the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core — and these might be just the tip of the iceberg.
James Webb Telescope Delayed Until 2020
NASA officials announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope launch would be delayed until approximately May 2020. But before the mission can launch, its managers may have to face Congress.
60-Second Astro News: Water-rich planets, New Planetary Timeline & Fast Stellar Death
Trappist-1's water-rich planets, a new measure of the solar system's planet-forming history, and an explanation for luminous, short-lived exploding stars.
Look Inside the Orion Nebula
New ALMA observations reveal a fiber-like structures within a longer, well-studied filament. These fibers contain the seeds of future stars.
Dwarf Galaxy Collision Evicted Milky Way Stars
A long-ago encounter between our galaxy and an orbiting dwarf might have ejected some of the Milky Way’s stars.
James Webb Space Telescope: Additional Delays "Likely"
A non-partisan government office has issued a report warning of additional delays for the James Webb Space Telescope, which could pit the mission against its funding cap.
Neutron Star Powers Ultraluminous X-rays
It turns out that neutron stars — not black holes — power at least some ultraluminous X-ray sources.
Chorus Waves Drive the Beat for Pulsating Northern Lights
Scientists have finally confirmed a decades-old theory on what causes the faint flickering seen in the Northern Lights toward dawn.
60-Second Astro News: Dark Matter, Mars, and the Earth-Sun Connection
Dark matter particles may travel more slowly than we thought, hindering their detection. Dust storms may aid atmospheric loss on Mars. And a new mission is investigating magnetic fields at an unprecedented scale.
Where to Watch the Lunar Eclipse Online
If you're not in the right place in the right time, you can still view Wednesday morning's total lunar eclipse online via several live streams. We list several options here.
Amateur Astronomer Donald Bruns Receives Chambliss Award
Amateur astronomer Donald Bruns has received the Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award from the American Astronomical Society for his work in repeating and improving upon an iconic experiment during the August 2017 total solar eclipse.
60-Second Astro News: Black Holes Galore
Supermassive black holes are difficult to observe and measure, yet they have profound effects on their host galaxies. Read up on the latest black hole discoveries presented at the Washington D.C. meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
Galaxies Show Order in Chaotic Young Universe
New observations of galaxies in a universe just 800 million years old show that they’ve already settled into rotating disks. They must have evolved quickly to display such surprising maturity.
Metal-rich Stars Host Closer Planets
Iron-rich stars host planets on closer orbits than their iron-poor siblings, astronomers find. The results could help reveal how planets form.
Hefty Stars Prompt Birth Debate
A new study found more massive stars than expected in an intensely star-forming region. The results beg the question whether the process of star formation really is universal.
Top 10 Astronomy News Stories for 2017
Multiple gravitational-wave detections, a total solar eclipse, and exploration of the outer system number among the top astronomy news stories of the year.
Neural Network Finds 8-Planet System
Scientists have applied a brand of artificial intelligence to data from the exoplanet-hunting Kepler satellite, resulting in the discovery of the first eight-planet system outside our own.
Does New Horizons’ Target Have a Moon? (Update: Nope)
New analysis from the New Horizons team suggest that the spacecraft's next target in the Kuiper Belt might have a third companion.
Balloon Astronomy: From Launch to Landing
Balloon astronomy is really taking off, writes Laura Fissel (NRAO) in the February 2018 issue of Sky & Telescope. She should know — as a member of the adventure-prone Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) team, she has been involved in multiple balloon telescope launches, part of her effort to…
Atmosphere, Not Lava Flows, for Exoplanet 55 Cancri e
Previous studies of 55 Cancri e haven’t been able to determine whether this super-Earth hosts an atmosphere. A new study settles the question.
