Relax — it’s about a thousand light-years away, small, and so quiet that it is truly invisible, unlike some Milky Way black holes. Per this
Tag: space
Guest Video: Interstellar Visitor 2I/Borisov Is “Off The Charts”
Here’s a news story about this. Per sources quoted by Wikipedia, this very distant, nonthreatening comet is about 14 times as big as the Earth.
Guest Video: Blazars
It was the very timely toilet paper example that made me choose this video to illustrate a news story about the incredibly fine image that
Hayabusa 2 and Asteroid Ryugu
Update, May 12, 2020: Still coming back; they have turned on the ion engines. There is a really cool image from JAXA today of Hayabusa’s
Guest Video: Planetary Defense
They’re working on it — the scientists, not Michael Bay. Here is an update on the next approach of Apophis, in 2029: Featured image: NASA/JPL-CalTech
Guest Video: What is that space “Cow”?
Astronomers have nicknamed a mysterious explosion spotted recently “Cow,” based on the last three letters in its formal catalogue name. They have no idea what
