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There's a big black spot on the Sun todaaaaayyyyThat was on the far side yesterdaaaaaayy There's an acoustic wave caught in mag fieeeeeelds That allowed astronomers their models of acoustic

Have you ever wondered what 10 *million* stars look like?Well, you're in luck. I can help you. …with an assist by a massive camera on a huge telescope looking at

Looking for some place to get away for, um, no particular reason at all? Someplace so far that, oh, say, current events can't reach you? Well do I have some

Soooooo, about that whole "phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus" thing.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/update-life-above-hell-serious-doubt-cast-on-venus-phosphine-finding 2/ Oh, you remember. Astronomers detected small amounts of p

I think today we are all that star.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/astronomers-get-a-front-row-seat-to-a-star-getting-torn-apart-by-a-huge-black-hole 2/ If you've ever wondered what happens to a star that gets too close to a gigantic blac

So we know what's the matter with America, but what's the matter with the *Universe*? Oh, about 31%.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/whats-the-matter-with-the-universe-about-31 2/ A new study tried to determine how much of the Universe

If it makes you feel any better, it looks like that in 7 billion years the Sun actually *will* swallow the Earth.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/so-um-maybe-the-sun-will-eventually-swallow-the-earth-bummer 2/ There's been some back and fo

This is potentially very big news: Astronomers have found evidence of what *might* — MIGHT — be life on Venus.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/so-astronomers-may-have-found-evidence-of-life-on-venus 2/ What they found is phosphine, a gas

Every now and again I'll see an astronomical image that really baffles me. This radio image of a galaxy certainly did! Then I found out: It's haunted. Well, that explains

Literally big news: LIGO/Virgo detected the biggest black hole merger ever! Two huge black holes ate each other, leaving behind an even huger one: An elusive "intermediate mass" black hole,

For those of you desperately hoping for an astronomical apocalypse to cleanse the Earth, I have bad news: No, a solar micronova is a not a thing.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/no-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-solar-micronova 2/ In truth,

The remains of an incredibly ancient stellar city have been found circling the Milky Way. My pitch to name it “R’lyeh” was voted down.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-phoenix-star-stream-remnant-of-a-long-dead-stellar-city 2/ The Mil