Randall Hyman, Author at Astronomy.com

Milky Way, Stars

Binary star system finally discovered near Milky Way center

Low-level clouds play surprise role in global warming

Chandra X-ray telescope, facing chopping block, gets reprieve from NASA

Artist's impression of Barnard b

Discovery of a tiny exoplanet sheds new light on a very old star

’Starry Night’ captures the turbulent physics of why stars twinkle

Cosmology, Galaxies, Milky Way

New Horizons measures how dark the universe can get

Artist's impression of the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Astronomers are rallying to save NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory

Astrophotography, Observing, Science

JWST sees light invisible to the eye. These scientists decide how to color it

These are the ways our world will end

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to observe an exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst, GRB 230307A, and its associated kilonova — an explosion produced by a neutron star merging with either a black hole or with another neutron star. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Andrew Levan (IMAPP, Warw)

Exotic Objects, Science

JWST captures immense, rare explosion a million times brighter than our galaxy

Satellite trails near Earth.

Study: Satellite traffic jam calls for ‘urgent’ changes

The orange disk of the sun, darkened by smoke or clouds

Science, Solar System

Could massive sunshields in space stop global warming?