SYFY WIRE Phil Plait Our Milky Way galaxy’s last big collision still leaves clues 10 billion years later Undigested cosmic sausage reveals secrets of a massive galactic merger. By Phil Plait 2 years ago How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Quadruple asteroid! A newly discovered third moon for Elektra makes it the first known quadruple asteroid. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Astronomers watch as a dead star eats its planets and blasts out X-rays Sometimes the term "stellar zombie" is really pretty accurate. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Ultra-high-resolution observations show matter screaming away from a truly gargantuan black hole This black hole is very, VERY big. And it's not alone. By Phil Plait 2 years ago A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait 2 years ago How did the COW supernova get so bright so fast? A little pre-explosion gas. A superluminous supernova lit up previously ejected material. By Phil Plait 2 years ago These two asteroids are extremely young… and used to be just one asteroid An asteroid flew itself apart, making new rocks 2019 PR2 and QR6. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Paradox! How did this 5-million-year-old star survive a 39-million-year journey? Oddball star may be lying about its age. By Phil Plait 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 18
Our Milky Way galaxy’s last big collision still leaves clues 10 billion years later Undigested cosmic sausage reveals secrets of a massive galactic merger. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Quadruple asteroid! A newly discovered third moon for Elektra makes it the first known quadruple asteroid. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Astronomers watch as a dead star eats its planets and blasts out X-rays Sometimes the term "stellar zombie" is really pretty accurate. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Ultra-high-resolution observations show matter screaming away from a truly gargantuan black hole This black hole is very, VERY big. And it's not alone. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
How did the COW supernova get so bright so fast? A little pre-explosion gas. A superluminous supernova lit up previously ejected material. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
These two asteroids are extremely young… and used to be just one asteroid An asteroid flew itself apart, making new rocks 2019 PR2 and QR6. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Paradox! How did this 5-million-year-old star survive a 39-million-year journey? Oddball star may be lying about its age. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
