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Summer observing targets for large telescopes
After 30 years of observing, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite deep-sky objects. These look best with a large ...
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NASA telescopes detect the farthest black hole ever observed
Data from Chandra X-ray telescope and James Webb Space Telescopes have revealed a black hole from 470 million years after the ...
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...
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How Virginia powered a 1st-of-its kind space telescope rescue mission
A high-stakes mission to save NASA's Swift Observatory from a fiery end has relied on Virginia. Here's an inside look ahead ...
Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS say it could be a 12‑billion‑year‑old relic formed in near‑absolute‑zero ...
In astronomers’ speak, the term galactic bulge stands for the dense cluster of billions of stars, many of them packed tightly ...
NASA plans to mount a daring mission to stave off the destruction of the Swift Observatory, which has been falling back to ...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4.3 billion dollar observatory that will hunt for planets and dark energy, ...
A new telescope atop a mountain in Chile will help scientists look back to when the universe had just begun.
Hubble Space Telescope image of 3I/ATLAS. (NASA, ESA, David Jewitt/UCLA; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale/STScI) All signs ...
The "Pink Planet," formally known as GJ504b, was discovered in 2013 and is technically not a planet but rather a ...
Delta College's Observe the Moon Family Night on July 24 celebrates the Apollo 11 anniversary with astronomer Mike Murray leading an immersive presentation.
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