Today I begin my weekend stuff…..and I apologize for the corny title….I was having a time with one so I just stole one from TV……(I’m a bad boy)…..

I try to catch my readers up on different things on the weekends and today I will do some of that for the science of astronomy……

Is there a 9th planet out there…hiding in plain sight…..

The Solar System could be harbouring far more planets than we currently know about, astronomers have said. After carrying out calculations relating to the hypothetical Planet Nine, the scientists said the presence of even more planets could better explain the unusual orbits of objects at the far reaches of the Solar System.

Evidence for the existence of Planet Nine was presented by Caltech scientists earlier this year. Scientists found six trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs) with highly unusual orbital paths. However, they said these paths could be explained by the presence of a massive planet (about 10 times the mass of the Earth), the gravity of which was influencing the six objects.

Source: Planet Nine is not alone: More planets predicted to be hiding at edge of Solar System

And it does not stop there…..gravity waves…..cool in any language……

Astronomers say they’ve heard the echoes of two more crashing black holes—a discovery that hints that the unseen violence of the universe may be pretty common, the AP reports. They detected a second gravitational wave. That’s the warp in the fabric in the cosmos that Albert Einstein predicted a century ago and only results only from the most massive space crashes. It’s something that can’t be seen and Einstein thought would never be detected, but scientists have found a way to hear it—first one note, in September 2015, and now two. “This is what we call gravity’s music,” a Louisiana State University physicist says.

With that second, higher pitch chirp, detected Christmas night in the United States, an international team of scientists have switched from reveling in the “aha” of first discovery to the more detailed and telling recording of the historical soundtrack of a chaotic universe. Astronomers announcing the sounds likened that soundtrack to jazz, maybe with a mix of classical music. “This event really does establish that there are quite a few merging black holes in the nearby universe,” a Penn State University physicist says. “The universe is full of these tremendous collisions that are depositing tremendous energy.” The latest sound was from a cosmic crash 1.4 billion light-years away. A light-year is 5.9 trillion miles.

Source: Sleeping Black Hole Wakes To Devour Passing Star

Now my readers are caught up with the newest discoveries in astronomy……you can sleep well tonight……but before that please go out and have a little “you” time and some enjoyment…..

Peace out