Astronomy Now - January 2021

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H Adios, Arecibo appy new year everyone. Hopefully 2021 will be much better than 2020, which ended with disaster at the world-fa ...

B TheSunis wakingup eing in ultraviolet, at a wavelength of 304 angstroms, this picture is presented in false colour, a ery oran ...

A Galactic light rays t the heart of IC 5063 is an active supermassive black hole that is busy guzzling gas. As the gas nears th ...

M Moon ring ore common than rainbows, this simple natural phenomenon is a geometrically brilliant example of the power of refrac ...

V Clouds of stars isible in the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere, the LMC and SMC are about 163, 000 and 200, 000 light ye ...

T Arecibo collapses after suffering catastrophic damage he famous Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed after the ...

T Blue ring is signpost of stellar merger he mystery of an ultraviolet ring of light around a star 6,300 light years away in the ...

T Monster blast could have been magnetar birth he birth of one of the most magnetic objects in the Universe may have been witnes ...

P Phosphine-on-Venus discoverers fight back hosphine is present in Venus’ atmosphere, but there’s less of it than initially thou ...

C Gas from evaporating comets found around young star arbon monoxide gas has been spotted streaming away from a young star, impl ...

N Do some of Europa’s plumes come from its icy crust? ot all of Europa’s watery plumes may originate from its deep ocean, accord ...

T Galactic fossil found as Milky Way’s family tree is assembled he history of our Milky Way Galaxy has been reconstructed for th ...

A NEO revealed to be lost rocket booster near-Earth object (NEO) discovered in September 2020 has been shown to be an 1960s-era ...

N Earth’s second temporary minimoon gives up its secrets ew details regarding a ‘minimoon’, temporarily in orbit around Earth, a ...

Steven Young Spaceflight NOW Crew Dragon ferries rst space-station crew SpaceX is officially in the orbital taxi business after ...

I Ian Seymour Key moments in astronomy n 1976, Uckeld public library had a small corner cupboard, reluctantly unlocked, grandly ...

What to look forward to in 2021 Find elusive Mercury – May If you have never seen Mercury in the sky before, you may be surprise ...

O Keith Cooper Water on the Moon ur Moon is quite the paradox. It contains many seas – Australe, Crisium, Imbrium, Tranquillitat ...

O Emma Chapman Looking for the first light f late, I have been reecting on the point of my profession. I am paid to look to the ...