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See composites created using James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory imagery. A pair of galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster are the targets. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...
A proposed green hydrogen production facility in Chile's Atacama Desert could significantly increase nighttime sky brightness ...
Pointed away from Earth about 404 miles overhead, the orbital observatory will circle the planet from north to south about 14.5 times each day as it images a single, circular strip of the sky. Given ...
Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — offering for the first time ...
Pioneering astronomical discoveries through high-resolution spectroscopy, cutting-edge instruments and space exploration ...
LAS CRUCES - Apache Point Observatory, operated by New Mexico ... south of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains, is home to four telescopes: the 3.5 meter ARC telescope; the 2.5 meter Sloan ...
The Griffith Observatory is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a special event on Wednesday. Festivities include exhibits, sky viewing, and a rare lunar event called the major standstill ...
An international team of astronomers has successfully demonstrated a new technique to observe especially faint black holes by ...
When Lungelo Zondi first learned about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamed of having a live ...