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Astronomer leads global team on NASA mission to create unprecedented view of the early universe
A University of Missouri astronomer is leading a team of 130 researchers from 62 institutions—including NASA, the California Institute of Technology, Princeton University and Harvard University—on an ...
Astronomers analyzing white dwarf stars have found the first ever star that would appear green to human eyes, according to a ...
The Belgian particle physicist helped build an observatory deep in the Antarctic ice.
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See the dazzling images that won Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Stunning pictures of nebulae, stars, the moon and more took top prizes in this year's astrophotography competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in London ...
Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics ...
Follow the foot traffic. Sidewalk astronomers often set up at street fairs, outdoor events, nightlife hotspots, or by any venue where a lot of people tend to pass by. If you want to set up at an event ...
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The Sky Today on Sunday, October 4: Saturn reaches opposition
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 3: Dione transits Saturn We're back at Saturn this evening with the planet as the main attraction as the ringed ...
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The Sky Today on Monday, October 5: The Moon, Mars, and M44
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 4: Saturn reaches opposition The Moon ...
In 2020, a NASA spacecraft swooped in on Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and scooped up rock and dirt from its surface then began the voyage home in May 2021. The spacecraft will eject a capsule full of ...
The cosmological constant Λ, and its generalization as dark energy, makes up roughly 70% of the present-epoch Universe and has been part of the dominant ΛCDM cosmological paradigm for more than a ...
Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific advancement. How data is presented, searched, and formatted determines ...
As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...
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