While scanning the sky to chart a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, ESA’s Gaia satellite is also sensitive to celestial bodies closer to home, and regularly observes asteroids in our solar system. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-gaia-asteroid-discoveries.html…
Tag: Milky Way
Milky Way over Taylors Lake, Australia
The Milky Way is coming back into view for another observing season. Australia has a wonderful vantage point on it! Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-milky-way-over-taylors-lake-australia…
Spica, guide star to Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is the largest and finest star cluster visible to the eye alone from the Northern Hemisphere. Binoculars or a telescope show even more. A dark sky is best! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/spica-guide-to-omega-centauri…
Jumbo exoplanet discovered in double system with a dead star
The giant exoplanet – 13 times more massive than Jupiter – is the first yet found that orbits a binary star system in which 1 of the 2 stars is dead. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-13x-bigger-than-jupiter…