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8 breathtaking images stars captured by NASA
The edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, found at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula, forms the 'mountains' and 'valleys' spanning this image captured by the James Webb Space ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
Witness the Drama and Spectacle of Stellar Death With the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...
Wall Street Journal21d
‘Inside the Stargazer’s Palace’ Review: The Whole World a Laboratory
The astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg, completed in 1580, was a sight to see: a blend of Gothic splendor and utility, with impressive gables and turrets and curved glass windows giving way to ...
Newsweek23d
Astronomer's Accidental Discovery Challenges Models of Early Universe
Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom. Her current focus is on trending life stories and human-interest features on a variety of topics ranging from ...
The New York Times24d
‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What Astronomers Thought
She earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. Dennis Overbye is the cosmic affairs correspondent for The Times, covering physics and astronomy.
Scientific American24d
‘Space Advertising’ Could Outshine the Stars—Unless It’s Banned First
If space billboards do indeed make an abrupt splash in our sky, current space law doesn’t prohibit the displays from drifting over countries that have banned them, notes astronomer John ...
Nature25d
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
Now, researchers in astronomy and other fields are working with satellite companies to help quantify and mitigate the impacts on science — and society. “There is growing interest in ...
GitHub25d
Astronomer Platform Helm Charts
This repository contains the helm charts for deploying the Astronomer Platform into a Kubernetes cluster. Astronomer is a commercial "Airflow as a Service" platform that runs on Kubernetes. Source ...
Greek Reporter26d
Meet the Greek Astronomer Behind the First-Ever Black Hole Image
Greek astronomer Dimitrios Psaltis was instrumental in the gigantic effort to take mankind’s first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. The image, which was presented to ...
Greek Reporter27d
Seleucus of Seleucia: The Ancient Astronomer Who Believed In Heliocentrism
Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Seleucus of Seleucia was a Hellenistic astronomer, mathematician, and physicist from Seleucia on the Tigris who is best known for his staunch defense of the ...
Space.com29d
This astronomer found a sneaky extra star in James Webb Space Telescope data
Is there anything more that this data can tell us?'" Bajaj, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, told Space.com. Soon, he would make a brilliant find. One of the star subjects he and his ...