The most studied star system in astronomy has been hiding something... | Night Sky News July 2026

By Dr. Becky

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Welcome back to Night Sky News for July 2026 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst! In this episode we’re chatting about 3 new exciting scientific discoveries, from a new planet spotted by JWST around the star Beta Pictoris, to the most distant quasar ever found, spotted by Euclid, and the first “missing black hole” found in a star cluster in the Milky Way by Hubble. And of course we’ll also chat about how to see the total solar eclipse and the Perseids Meteor Shower which are both coming up on Wednesday 12th August. Papers mentioned: Yang et al. (2026) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.03432 Whitaker et al. (2026) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.18350 Sutlieff et al. (2026) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.23801v2 Gibbs et al. (2026) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.23789 Previous videos: Intermediate mass black hole found in Omega Cen - https://youtu.be/tOUWrBy0a4c?t=984 Intermediate mass black holes: fact or fiction? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8CJAOlGVc Why you should believe the hyp

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