#Astronomers are actively researching the potential existence of an Earth-like planet within the distant Kuiper Belt, which, if confirmed, could provide crucial insights into planetary formation and habitable environments within our solar system.

A Bizarre #Pulsar Switches Between Two Brightness Modes. #Astronomers Finally Figured Out Why.
https://www.universetoday.com/163021/a-bizarre-pulsar-switches-between-two-brightness-modes-astronomers-finally-figured-out-why/

#Astronomers are Hoping the #EventHorizon #Telescope saw #Pulsars Near the #MilkyWay's Supermassive #BlackHole
https://www.universetoday.com/163012/astronomers-are-hoping-the-event-horizon-telescope-saw-pulsars-near-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/

Check out the #video! WOW!! 💥

🔗https://www.iflscience.com/something-just-smacked-into-jupiter-and-amateur-astronomers-captured-it-70524
Something From #Space Just Smacked Into #Jupiter And #Amateur #Astronomers Captured It

(I realize the video is on :deadbird: but it is #cool af and definitely worth seeing. You can be #anonymous and watch it via the article's webpage; no need to go to xitter to see it. Just click the right-pointing arrow ▶️ in the center of the video. #Elon will never know you're there lol.)

#IAmDB

#Astronomers, a question: is the moon always in the same place when it's full? (ie is it always to the southeast of my house) - or does it change by month or season?

#Astronomers Precisely Measure a #BlackHole's Accretion Disk
https://www.universetoday.com/162947/astronomers-precisely-measure-a-black-holes-accretion-disk/

#Astronomers have uncovered the strange behavior of a #pulsar, a super-fast-spinning #deadstar.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-european-southern-observatory-telescopes-unravel.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

The #WhirlpoolGalaxy, Seen by #JWST

https://www.universetoday.com/162955/the-whirlpool-galaxy-seen-by-jwst/
The Whirlpool #Galaxy, aka #M51, is one of the most well-known objects in the night sky. It’s close enough and prominent in the northern sky that amateur #astronomers have shared stunning pictures of it for decades.

@smorrell Very likely someone has a list of noted academic #astronomers on Mastodon. (Hashtags are searchable here but — for now at least— text is not. So you might find some interesting folks by hashtags if you haven’t already).

And you could see who accounts such as @AwesomeAstronomy engage with.

And generally— have fun and enjoy

#AreciboObservatory Shuts Down Its Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/closing-down-an-icon-will-arecibo-observatory-ever-do-science-again1/
>Although #Arecibo #Observatory is slated to become an education center, #astronomers hope research might one day return to the site

A #UniversityofKansas #survey of a swath of the #cosmos using the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope has revealed #activegalacticnuclei (#AGN)—#supermassiveblackholes that are rapidly increasing in size—are rarer than many #astronomers had assumed previously.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-james-webb-space-telescope-survey.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

New #research has improved the #accuracy of the parameters governing the #expansionoftheuniverse. More accurate parameters will help #astronomers determine how the universe grew to its current state and how it will evolve in the future.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-future-universe-statistical-methods-distance.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

#Astronomers predict we will know if #aliens exist tomorrow

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/astronomers-predict-we-will-know-if-aliens-exist-tomorrow/ar-AA1fyGvL?cvid=1c32a53bf9204966b40470c449cf7ce9&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=11

@Tregloan To find them, make sure you follow some astronomy-related hashtags such as #astronomy #astronomers

Baffled Scientists Detect Massive Unexplained Radiation From the #Sun
#Astronomers witnessed #star emitting #gammarays, highest-energy form of light, one trillion times more intense than visible sunshine. This constant gamma-ray flux is far brighter than expected based on models of Sun’s behavior, raising new questions.
"The Sun’s emission at high energies challenges present models," scientists say, and "decisive" new probes are needed to solve the mystery. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7b38n/baffled-scientists-detect-massive-unexplained-radiation-from-the-sun-study-reports

#Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic #star
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2387934-astronomers-have-found-a-strange-new-type-of-extremely-magnetic-star/?amp;utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

#Astronomers Find An Impossibly Huge #Exoplanet That Challenges Our Understanding of How #Planets Form
https://www.inverse.com/science/new-exoplanet-is-too-big-to-exist-but-thats-not-stopping-it

Go to my favourite postal #newsagent to buy the latest issue of #LeFigaro Magazine, which looks to have interesting articles about #MontSaintMichel and #Vatican #astronomers. And oops! Magazines about canal #boating and British #archaeology also fell into my online basket and were bought. Amazing how that just happened 😜 The postal newsagent I use is https://www.newsstand.co.uk in #Whitstable. #astronomy #narrowboats #canals

Thanks to the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope, #astronomers racing to find some of the earliest galaxies ever glimpsed have now confirmed that a #galaxy first detected last summer is in fact among the earliest ever found. The findings are published in the journal #Nature.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-astronomers-maisie-galaxy-earliest.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

#Webb #space #telescope spots #water in a nearby planetary system
"#Astronomers have detected water vapor swirling close to a nearby star," reports CNN, "indicating that the #planets forming around it might someday be able to support life."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/world/webb-telescope-water-planetary-system-scn/index.html