An Astronomer Calculated the Exact Day a Star Will Blow—and It’s Today
When it does take place, the outburst will be brief but it will appear as a new star in the sky for a little less than a week ...
Astronomy on MSN1d
This dead star is still sending us radio signals
Astronomers have finally identified the source of mysterious radio waves from deep space, tracing the signals back to an ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
This Stellar Smithsonian Program Will Bring the Wonders of the Universe to the Classroom
The new initiative will help students in rural areas learn more about astronomy. Can it inspire the next generation of ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Astronomers unveil 'baby pictures' of the first stars and galaxies
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...
AI reshapes how we observe the stars
AI tools are transforming how we observe the world around us—and even the stars beyond. Recently, an international team ...
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New James Webb telescope image is a 'quantum leap' for astronomy
Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...
Greek Reporter7d
The Ancient Greek Astronomer Who Mapped the Stars
Cleostratus was a truly pioneering Greek astronomer who lived on the small Aegean island of Tenedos in the 6th century BC.
Houston Chronicle11d
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
This led the scribes to study astronomy. The foundation of Babylonian astronomy was kept in a book called MUL.APIN, meaning “The Plough Star,” the name of a constellation. It recorded the positions of ...