Three Stars Vanished From The Sky in 1952. We Still Can't Find Them.
On July 19, 1952, Palomar Observatory was undertaking a photographic survey of the night sky.
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On July 19, 1952, Palomar Observatory was undertaking a photographic survey of the night sky.
Vanishing Act More than 80 years ago, astronomers were doing a photographic survey of the night sky when something odd happened: three bright stars that had been there at one point vanished less than an hour later, never to be seen again. As Universe Today flagged in a recent blog, a not-yet-peer-reviewed study by an […]
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Astronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system, suggesting there could be another equally massive, "second Kuiper Belt" hiding beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Astronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system, suggesting there could be another equally massive, "second Kuiper Belt" hiding beyond the orbit of Pluto.