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The Calif. observatory that changed how we think about the universe
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoOn Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our...
Explained: How Did Saturn Get Its Rings?
ExtremeTech· 14 hours agoNothing else in the Solar System is quite like Saturn. Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex, in a class of their own. Just after the turn of the 17th century ...
Hubble’s Deep Dive Into a Starburst Galaxy: Exploring NGC 5253’s Stellar Furnace
SciTechDaily· 17 hours agoNGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy, is highlighted in this week’s Hubble Picture of the Week. About 11 million light-years away, it shows significant star formation, being studied using data ...
Stellar Sleuths: Citizen Scientists and AI Uncover Hidden Asteroids With Hubble
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoOver 4 billion years ago, the eight major planets around our Sun formed by sweeping up debris from a...
Astronomers observe massive black hole awaken in real-time
KPVI· 12 hours agoTo understand why, astronomers have used data from several space and ground-based observatories,...
Advanced Telescopes Reveal Hidden Worlds Orbiting Bright Stars
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoAstronomers combined Gaia and GRAVITY data to image dim objects near bright stars, potentially...
The Webb Telescope’s dazzling nebula image supports a long-held theory
Engadget· 4 days agoNASA’s new image of the Serpens Nebula, taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, not only looks...
Gov. Justice presents two WVU astrophysicists with Distinguished West Virginian awards
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 43 minutes agoJun. 24—MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice came to Morgantown on Monday to celebrate the achievements of two WVU astrophysicists and present them with Distinguished West Virginian awards. The honorees ...
'Bringing the night sky down to earth' at the Branched Oak Observatory near Lincoln
Omaha World-Herald· 3 days agoThe Midwest’s premier sky park, which draws its name from the nearby Branched Oak State Recreation...
A glimpse of the universe from downtown Shippagan
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTo look through it, requires a short climb up a step ladder."I have a goal to take as many pictures as I can of the planets and the moons and