SYFY WIRE Very Large Telescope How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait 1 year ago What does a red giant look like up close? REALLY up close? Pi1 Gruis seen up close and personal. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Astronomers 'find' a second planet orbiting Beta Pictoris due to extremely tiny wiggles by the first planet By Phil Plait 1 year ago Asteroids, the Universe, and Everything: Meet 42 space rocks By Phil Plait 1 year ago Have astronomers finally found a planet around Alpha Centauri? Maaaaaaaaaybe. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Eat lasers, Carina Nebula! By Phil Plait 2 years ago A second planet for Beta Pic confirmed! By Phil Plait 2 years ago What's the matter with dark matter? Observations show we're missing something. By Phil Plait 3 years ago The *entire* sky glows from the light of distant hydrogen. All of it, everywhere. By Phil Plait 3 years ago Is this an actual image of a planet orbiting the nearest star? Maaaaaaaybe. By Phil Plait 3 years ago Load More
How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
What does a red giant look like up close? REALLY up close? Pi1 Gruis seen up close and personal. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Astronomers 'find' a second planet orbiting Beta Pictoris due to extremely tiny wiggles by the first planet By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Have astronomers finally found a planet around Alpha Centauri? Maaaaaaaaaybe. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
What's the matter with dark matter? Observations show we're missing something. By Phil Plait 3 years ago
The *entire* sky glows from the light of distant hydrogen. All of it, everywhere. By Phil Plait 3 years ago
Is this an actual image of a planet orbiting the nearest star? Maaaaaaaybe. By Phil Plait 3 years ago