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Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
Los Angeles Times· 18 hours agoThe Mt. Wilson Observatory changed the conception of humankind’s place in the universe and revealed...
Black holes are getting caught in “traffic jams”
Cosmos· 10 hours agoThis could help explain when and where black hole mergers occur. Led by researchers at Melbourne’s Monash University, the study is published in the...
Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoEver since then, the United States has been at the forefront of “big glass.” In fact, our institutions, Carnegie Science and Caltech, still help run some of the largest telescopes for visible-light ...
Rockets, robots and more at UH astronomy open house
KHON 2 Honolulu· 4 days agoCalling all space fanatics! It’s time to deep dive into orbit with the University of Hawaii’s Astronomy Open House.
Nicaragua signs up to China’s ILRS moon program
SpaceNews· 19 hours agoCentral American state Nicaragua has joined the ILRS moon base program as China continues its push to attract partners for the project. The agreements...
Lyrid meteor shower to peak tonight. Here's what to know
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLook up, astronomy fans: The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Sunday into Monday,...
On this day in history, April 25, 1990, Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit by Space Shuttle...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Hubble Space Telescope, proclaimed by NASA to be the most significant advance in astronomy since...
‘The announcement we’ve found alien life could be just a couple of years away’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago“Generally, when I’m on a plane, if I tell somebody that I search for life on planets around other...
Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours
LiveScience· 22 hours agoScientists have identified one of the oldest known stars outside the Milky Way. The discovery,...
Visualizing A Black Hole’s Flares In 3D
Science Friday· 2 hours agoThe words “black hole” might bring to mind an infinite darkness. Scientists are trying to better understand what those flares are, and what they can tell us about the nature of black holes.