Check out the moon illusion for yourself
Check out the moon illusion for yourself this week; it’s the lowest-hanging full moon in 18 years.
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Gaia telescope will map the Milky Way with 1.5 gigapixel camera
Gaia telescope will map the Milky Way with 1.5 gigapixel camera.
Astronomers may have detected the formation of a black hole
Astronomers may have detected the formation of a black hole. “A faint visible-light flash moments after a high-energy gamma-ray burst likely heralds the merger of two dense neutron stars to create a relatively low-mass black hole.”
We’re still finding lots of new moons
We’re still finding lots of new moons around the planets in our solar systems. Twelve new ones were just discovered around Saturn and Jupiter now has 63.
A near perfect Einstein Ring found
A near perfect Einstein Ring found. Close galaxies can act as a lens for farther galaxies, focusing the distant light with an “Einstein Ring”.
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