These stunning images of the iconic Eagle Nebula provide an astounding view of the beauty seen within our galaxy.
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At Astronomy Now: Frank Drake, SETI pioneer, 1930–2022
Frank Drake, the radio astronomer who pioneered the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), died yesterday (2 September) at the age of 92. Born on 28 May 1930 in Chicago, Drake was working at the Green Bank Radio Telescope during the early days of radio astronomy, in the late 1950s, when he was inspired by Giuseppe Read More…
Webb: WASP-96b the most detailed spectrum of an exoplanet atmosphere
“NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has demonstrated its unprecedented ability to analyse the atmosphere of a planet more than 1,000 light-years away.”
The layered hills of Mars’ Arabia Terra
“One can imagine an ancient lake filling the crater in which these mounds are located, the shoreline changing as the sea level varied with the Martian climate, the tides leaving behind alternating layers of mudstone and limestone.”
Astronomers mining an increasingly rich trove of TESS exoplanet data
As reported in Astronomy Now, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has now identified more than 5,000 possible exoplanet candidates – TESS Objects of Interest, or TOIs.
At Astronomy Now: MeerKAT paints a mesmerising portrait of the Milky Way
The stunning imagery shows previously known and newly-discovered features, including supernova remnants, huge magnetised radio filaments and the blazing inferno surrounding the 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the core of the galaxy.