It’s Black Hole Friday
A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.
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Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole
Death by spaghettification: ESO telescopes record last moments of star devoured by a black hole.
MOSE Flood Barrier protecting Venice
See how the completed Mose flood barrier that now protects Venice works.
This Exoplanet is so Hot that it Rains Iron
ESO Telescope observes an exoplanet where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius and could rain iron.
Julius Caesar and Leap Days
In 46 BC Julius Caesar reformed the calendar system, based on advice by astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria. The Julian calendar included one leap day every four years
Discovery of a Doomed Planet
This hot jupiter exoplanet is doomed. Hot jupiters are giant planets like Jupiter that orbit much closer to their parent stars than Mercury does to our Sun.
A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provide a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet orbiting a star beyond the Sun.
Star wanders too close to a giant Black Hole
This artist’s rendering shows a star wandering too close to a 3-million-solar-mass black hole was torn apart.
Black Hole accretion with Jet
Recent observations are providing new clues about what happens when a black hole devours a star.
Star’s death into a Black Hole
Swift Charts a Star’s ‘Death Spiral’ into Black Hole. In this animation you can see what happens when a star spirals into a black hole…