Astronomy's dirty window to space: A detailed map of dust in the Milky Way
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The Planets Align
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out soon and look at the planets in the evening sky. The highest is Mars, the so-called Red Planet. The giant planet Jupiter ...
Entire planetary system of four tiny exoplanets found orbiting the nearest single star to the sun
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...
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Meet the Greek Astronomer Behind the First-Ever Black Hole Image
Greek astronomer Dimitrios Psaltis was instrumental in the gigantic effort to take mankind's first-ever image of a black hole ...
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Space scientists fearful as Trump administration targets science and mulls NASA cuts
Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rotate Clockwise
This preferred direction of spin might be due to one of two reasons: either our entire universe exists in a black hole, or ...
'Weather at Your School': St. Albans Town Educational Center
WEATHER AT YOUR SCHOOL WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD TODAY! OUR MARISSA VIGEVANI HEAD OVER TO ST ALBANS TOWN EDUCATIONAL CENTER TO ...
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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 ...
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What is astronomy?
What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...
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Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...