Lincoln Astronomical Society

10/10/2025

This is the world's 1st image of 2 black holes orbiting one another | Space

After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of quasar OJ287.

29/09/2025

Black hole discovery confirms Einstein and Hawking were right | ScienceDaily https://share.google/NHASDQ4BdaTUvit46

05/09/2025

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20/08/2025

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That bright speck isn't a star – it's Earth! And the dot above it is the Moon.

captured this image from 180 million miles away while calibrating its cameras. The spacecraft is en route to a metal-rich asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. go.nasa.gov/4oOb03k

03/02/2025

Open Evening - Fri 7th Feb 2025

We are holding a free open evening this month for National Astronomy Week.
Please come along on Friday 7th February between 7-00 and 8-30pm.

Booking is not required.

All ages are welcome.

25/06/2024

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/nasa-nova-explosion-to-be-once-in-lifetime-event-in-night-sky/7664089.html

19/06/2024

Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun

Mysterious brightening of distant galaxy believed to be caused by material falling into huge black hole

10/05/2024

https://news.sky.com/story/northern-lights-could-be-visible-in-england-and-wales-as-severe-solar-storm-to-hit-overnight-13132757

The Sun has experienced a spike in activity in recent days that has seen six or seven eruptions on the surface of the star spit out solar material towards Earth. This could supercharge the Northern Lights and potentially cause disruption with infrastructure.

31/03/2024

https://www.unilad.com/technology/space/black-hole-telescope-polarised-picture-769831-20240328

The image was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, and is the first polarised image of a black hole

15/03/2024

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An update on : The team sent a "poke" to prompt V1's flight data system (FDS) and saw activity that differed from past attempts. A DSN engineer helped decode the data in the signal, which may contain clues to the source of the issue. The team is devising a potential plan of action.

Remember: This will take time since the spacecraft, which launched in 1977, is currently more than 15 billion miles (24 billion km) from Earth!

Keep up with the latest here: https://go.nasa.gov/3RihsPR