Universe’s Brightest Object Found - A Quasar 500 Trillion Times Brighter Than Our Sun
Astronomers have discovered the most luminous object ever detected, a quasar 12 billion light-years away that's 500 trillion times more luminous than the sun.
"The black hole in this quasar is growing in mass by the equivalent of one sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole to date."
Astronomers studying six planets orbiting a star 100 light years away have just found that they orbit their star with an almost rhythmic beat, in perfect synchrony.
Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser from DSOC, aboard NASA’s Psyche mission.
Some of the Newly Found Milky Way Planets Make No Sense
Anton Petrov is a pretty good astronomy themed youtube channel, check it out if you haven't seen his stuff yet.
NASA is listening for any signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft due to a wrong command
NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away.
NASA will have to wait until October for an automatic spacecraft reset that should restore communication, according to officials.
Cherry Springs State Park, located about 135 miles northwest of Wilkes-Barre, is one of the very few truly dark sky sites in the entire eastern United States.
Twice a year, in June and September, park officials and local astronomy clubs team up to host "star parties" that draw people from as far away as Florida and Wisconsin.