astronomical objects
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See Postcards From NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft as It Journeys to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
Travelling through space can get lonely. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is currently on a six-year journey to Jupiter, travelling through the sparse interplanetary medium since launching in October 2021. Luckily for Lucy, the views have been spectacular.
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RIP Comet Leonard, a Bright Visitor in a Dark Time
Leonard will not be making its next 80,000-year-long journey around the Sun, as the mile-wide comet appears to have disintegrated in late February.
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Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 137 km Wide
Bernardinelli-Bernstein is officially the largest comet ever discovered, according to updated observations of the inbound object.
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Astronomers Capture Best Views Yet of Stars Moving Around Our Local Black Hole
By combining the light from four powerful telescopes, scientists have captured the deepest and clearest views yet of the immediate environment around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.