Last spring, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) succeeded for the first time in observing the explosion of a massive star almost immediately after its onset and in determining the geometry of the ejected ...
The first time 3I/ATLAS showed up cleanly in deep stacked frames, its tail did something comets are not supposed to do: it ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a ...