Free Astronomy Magazine January-February 2025

THE FREE MULTIMEDIA MAGAZINE THAT KEEPS YOU UPDATED ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SPACE Bi-monthly magazine of scientific and technical information ✶ January-February 2025 www.astropublishing.com info@astropublishing.com www.facebook.com/astropublishing ✶ ✶ The first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy Hubble sees remnants of LMC’s gas halo Planets can form under harsh radiation • The highest resolution image of IC 2163 and NGC 2207 • Unusual jets of volatile gas from icy Centaur 29P • A surprisingly smooth disk around Vega • Astronomers discover the fastest-feeding black hole in the early Universe • Best test yet of how gravity behaves at cosmic scales