|  | Scientists have simulations of what the event horizon of a black hole might look like, but no telescope images — yet. // Feryal Ozel |
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| | This telescope will capture the first image of a black holeThe Earth-sized observatory will come online in 2017, allowing us to view the event horizon heart of a black hole. |
| |  USPS/Antonio Alcalá © 2016 USPS | Postal Service celebrates Pluto with new stampsReversing a historical slight, the US Postal Service recognizes New Horizons' flyby of the distant dwarf planet. |
|  X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Texas/E.Schlegel et al; Optical: NASA/STScI | Chandra finds supermassive black hole burping nearbyAstronomers found this outburst in the supermassive black hole centered in the small galaxy NGC 5195. |
|  Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory | Galactic merger reveals an unusual black hole that has shed its starsAn unusually star-deprived black hole at the site of two merged galaxies could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior. |
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| | THE REAL REALITY SHOWCould Life Exist on Europa or Titan?Two moons in our solar system offer tantalizing prospects of perhaps containing microbial life. |
| | SEASONAL OBSERVINGWinter observing targets for small telescopes |
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| | LOCAL GROUPDay 1 at AAS: Catching up on the Giant Magellan TelescopeAssociate Editor Korey Haynes files updates from the biggest astronomy meeting of the year. |
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|  | Observing PodcastJanuary 7 – 14Beta Monocerotis Open cluster NGC 2281 The Horsehead Nebula
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|  Alan Dyer | January sky highlightsSeveral bright planets adorn January’s morning sky, Orion takes center stage, and a comet comes into view.
Astronomy magazine subscribers have access to the complete version of January’s The Sky this Month at Astronomy.com. To learn about other daily sky events, visit The Sky this Week. |
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| | | Why we haven't found another Earth. Yet.This month’s issue of Astronomy magazine explains the search for another Earth, unpacks the mysteries of inner planet Mercury, shows you where to observe the skies from the middle of your city, introduces a new observatory outside Las Vegas, and much more. |
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|  | COSMIC CREATIONS2015 Geminids and the LAMOST instrumentUser Starwisper braved subzero temperatures in China to capture these 74 Geminid meteors above the Guo Shoujing Telescope. At 1:29 a.m., a jewelry-blue fireball "dropped In the treetops" and the cosmic fire lit the instrument. |
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|  | NEBULAE GALLERYThe Spider and the Fly nebulaeUser Harel Boren captured these nebulae from Givat Shmuel, Israel. |
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|  | PICTURE OF THE DAYThe Elephant Trunk NebulaTerry Hancock took this image from Fremont, Michigan. |
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