What are some recent discoveries made in astronomy?
I wanted to know some of the recent discoveries made in astronomy, to see which was is the most interesting to me.
I wanted to know some of the recent discoveries made in astronomy, to see which was is the most interesting to me.
Betelgeuse is discovered to be shrinking.
A broken Dwarf Planet has been hypothesized to have created all the craters on the moon.
It is hypothesized that the planets with eventually spin out of control.
A planet is found in the Andromeda galaxy.
"Most massive black hole found in galaxy M87"
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8337
"Red giant star Betelgeuse in constellation Orion mysteriously shrinking"
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8342
"Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns"
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8347
You can find the latest news on the Astronomy.com website, or you can get the news sent as a Newsletter (as I copied the headlines and links from), on the website.
http://news.yahoo.com/science
Reported on June 9, 2009, Betelgeuse has shrunk 15% since 1993. This means the average speed at which the radius of the star is shrinking, over the last 15 years is approximately 470-490 miles per hour. The rate that it has been decreasing in size has accelerated.
Amazing!!!