Dec 3 - Black Hole Close-Up

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Video still from a new animation, depicting a spinning whirlpool around the central, supermassive black hole of the famous quasar 3C 273. See the video. Astronomers’ 1st close-up look near a supermassive black hole For the 1st time, researchers have been able to observe the motion of gas clouds around a central supermassive black hole. Read more. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid today The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with its targeted asteroid, Bennu, today at approximately 17:00 UTC (noon EST; translate UTC to your time). NASA will air a live event beginning 15 minutes prior to rendezvous. How to watch. Some TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may be like Venus How habitable are the 7 Earth-sized exoplanets of the nearby star TRAPPIST-1? Updated climate models suggest some may be similar to Venus, but at least one world may have oceans like Earth. Read more. Artist's concept showing a comparison of the 7 planets orbiting the relatively nearby star TRAPPIST-1. Image via NASA.

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Moon and Venus December 2 to 5 We heard on Sunday from several people who spotted the planet Mercury below Venus. Will you see the moon Tuesday morning? Probably, if you have a clear sky. Will you see it Wednesday morning? Maybe! Read more.

Iridescent cloud with crepuscular rays You'll see a true iridescent cloud when the sun is nearby. The colors will appear randomly distributed. Here's one with beams of light - crepuscular rays, or sunrays - appearing to shoot from it. Photo by Richard Kelley. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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