The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside our galaxy.
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The Rare Planetary Event You Don't Want To Miss In February 2025
There are quite a few astronomical events that have captivated humanity, and in February 2025, there's an especially rare one ...
World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to ...
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NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the ...
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Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?
From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for ...
James Webb Space Telescope's 'little red dots' come into focus
A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied ...
A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
Asteroid Alinda: How to get a glimpse of massive, once in a century asteroid as it flies past Earth
Massive, once in a century asteroid to be visible flying past Earth - NASA estimates the asteroid Alinda is roughly the same ...
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NASA's next large space telescope passes important milestone
NASA has mounted the most important parts of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope on the spacecraft that will take the observatory into space and to its research site. The work on the next large ...
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The B1APF large aperture interaction region dipole
The diameter of the coil mandrel is 370 mm. The 3-dimensional coil ends design is particularly challenging because of this large aspect ratio. The coil operating current and operating temperature are ...