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NASA's Chandra Sees Black Hole Stirring "Pot" Containing Galactic Potato
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3220-nasa-s-chandra-sees-black-hole-stirring-pot-containing-galactic-potato
Published: July 21, 2026 07:00
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. Milano-Bicocca/W. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Radio: ESO/NRAO/NAOJ/ALMA; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk & P. Edmonds
NASA press release
Based on the article "A quiescent galaxy in…
The Sun contains more silver than previously estimated
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3219-the-sun-contains-more-silver-than-previously-estimated
Published: July 17, 2026 05:00
Uppsala University press release
Based on the article "Ag I model atom and the 3D non-LTE solar silver abundance", by S. Caliskan et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 711, A155
Capturing the cosmic ‘drift’ before a star is born
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3218-capturing-the-cosmic-drift-before-a-star-is-born
Published: July 10, 2026 07:00
Credit: Y. Nakamura & D. Arzoumanian/Kyushu University
Kyushu University press release
Based on the article "Probing the ion-neutral drift velocity toward the L1544 prestellar core. Detection of ambipolar diffusion using N2D+ and…
Young Giant Gas Planet Beta Pic b refuses to reveal its origin
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3217-young-giant-gas-planet-beta-pic-b-refuses-to-reveal-its-origin
Published: July 9, 2026 07:00
MPIA press release
Based on the article "13CO and potential variability in β Pictoris b with GRAVITY+", by A. von Stauffenberg et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 711, L2
Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3213-euclid-discovers-the-most-ancient-quasar-in-the-universe
Published: July 6, 2026 07:00
Credit: ESA
ESA press release
Based on the articles:
"Euclid: Discovery of 31 new quasars at 6.6 < z < 7.8", by D. Yang et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 710, A342
And "Euclid: A UV-faint quasar…
ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra space telescopes examine Milky Way at arms' length
https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3214-esa-s-xmm-newton-and-nasa-s-chandra-space-telescopes-examine-milky-way-at-arms-length
Published: July 6, 2026 07:00
Credits: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, ESA/XMM-Newton & NASA/Chandra
NASA press release
ESA press release
Based on the article "Accurate distances of the Galactic spiral arms from dust-scattered X-ray emission of…