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Exotic Objects

Web Extra: Black holes in the Milky Way

Science

In the exact center

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System, The Moon

A double dose of eclipses

Exotic Objects

Because moving charges generate magnetic fields, I would think that a neutron star’s axis of rotation and axis of the magnetic field would line up; Why don’t they?

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System, The Moon

Mars meets its rival

Milky Way

Comparing magnifications

Alien Life, Exoplanets, Planets, Stars

Do white dwarf stars have “Goldilocks zones,” or are they too cold to sustain such regions?

Exoplanets, Planets

Web Extra: Contributing to astronomy’s future

Astrophotography

Double color

Deep-Sky Objects

Two subtle wonders near Gamma Cygni

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Can all four of Jupiter’s largest moons simultaneously transit, or be occulted by, the giant planet as seen from Earth? If so, how often does this occur?

Cosmology

Web Extra: NASA’s next major mission