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Digital Cameras Revolutionized Astronomy. Then They Found Their Way into Your Pocket
Scientific American· 2 days agoAs a human being, every time I see a new jaw-droppingly gorgeous astronomical image, I’m staggered...
These National Parks Are Hosting Astronomy Festivals in 2024
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoMany national parks are now using the tagline “half the park is after dark” to remind visitors to...
Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets more likely around tiny stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"We showed in an earlier study that the transport of carbon-rich gas into the zone where terrestrial...
Six planets align in the sky on June 3: Where, how to see it
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Saturn will all appear to line up with each other around dawn Monday, according to astronomy website starwalk.space< ...
Hubble Space Telescope faces setback, but should work for years, NASA says
CBS News· 4 days agoTrouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and...
An emission-state-switching radio transient with a 54-minute period - Nature Astronomy
Nature· 4 days agoThe signal from each element is channelized to 1 MHz frequency resolution over a usable bandwidth of 288 MHz. The standard ASKAP hardware correlator produces visibilities on a 10 s timescale ...
The Moon is a prime spot for astronomy. It might not always be.
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoThe Moon is uniquely suitable for researchers to build telescopes they can’t put on Earth because it...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope temporarily pauses observations after malfunction
WKMG ClickOrlando· 4 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily stopped observing the cosmos. NASA said the telescope...
Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an...
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoThe heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth. The Sun is a star that constantly emits ...
When are humans going back to the moon? (It's sooner than you think)
The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoHe can be reached at: www.astrodean.com. Ask the Astronomer: Online Astronomy Program What:...