One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
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Chinese space station gears up for astrophysics
For optical astronomy, the space station will be accompanied by the Xuntian telescope, which can be translated to “survey the ...
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SPHEREx: Key Facts About NASA's Latest Telescope
NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27 ...
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Cosmic loneliness: what our desire to hack the universe can say about us
Hiding under an enormous sun shield, which keeps it away from the heat and frigid temperatures of nearly -400F, JWST is capturing immense amounts of light and providing high-resolution images ...
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Carnegie History Timeline
Carnegie's Allan Sandage is awarded the Crafoord Prize for his "contributions to the study of galaxies, their populations of stars, clusters and nebulae, their evolution, the velocity-distance ...
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Astronomers detect missing ingredient in cooking up stars—magnetic fields
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Inside the Milky Way's satellite galaxy: Hubble captures mesmerising Tarantula Nebula footage; watch it here
The footage, captured by the Hubble telescope, highlights the Tarantula Nebula. This fascinating region lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. A Star-Forming ...
200 Million-Star Tapestry: Hubble’s Astonishing New Portrait of Andromeda
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...