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Unistellar College Astronomy Network (UCAN)
Community college professors in UCAN have been working on developing their own Unistellar eVscope activities for their ...
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Reaching for the stars
While rockets today take humans to space as often as earthbound folks drive to the grocery store, traveling beyond the ...
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Star-forming cloud Chamaeleon I looks like a cosmic masterpiece in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)
Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, ...
Moth uses stars to navigate long distances, scientists discover
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...
This Australian moth uses the stars as a compass to travel hundreds of miles
A new study finds an Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass ...
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The Tarantula Nebula is making new stars even though it shouldn’t be
According to a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, the Tarantula Nebula continues to birth new stars, spitting out enormous amounts of energy. However, that energy isn’t forming ...
James City County citizen scientist makes ‘significant’ astronomical find
From a James City County soccer field, Van Ruckman observed a distant asteroid and its moon, a feat that electrified the ...
Hampton Roads citizen scientist makes 'significant' astronomical find
From a James City County soccer field, Van Ruckman observed a distant asteroid and its moon, a feat that electrified the ...
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How MUSE Unveiled the Sculptor Galaxy’s Hidden Colors and 500 New Planetary Nebulae
Beyond our galactic neighborhood, we usually deal with fewer than 100 detections per galaxy,” explains Fabian Scheuermann of ...