Browsing: astronomy
In the mid-2030s, the Hubble Space Telescope will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere—unless NASA agrees to a daring plan to…
Japan just switched on the world’s highest telescope. This week marks the “first light” for the University of Tokyo Atacama…
A science fiction novel by Hugo-award winning writer Liu Cixin has transcended geopolitics and brought together Chinese and American audiences.…
This bizarre-looking new map of our Milky Way galaxy shows the magnetic fields at its center. It’s a one-off image…
It’s been some months since beautiful images of space have been seen from the James Webb Space Telescope, but the…
People often ask me what prompted my fascination with astronomy. Without question, the short answer is NASA’s highly successful efforts…
Jupiter’s fiery and chaotic moon Io has been imaged in detail by NASA’s Juno spacecraft after another super-close flyby—and this…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in…
Lettuce grown in zero gravity is more susceptible in space to bacterial infections such as E. coli and Salmonella than…
Night’s window was opening. As the sky turned a deep shade of blue, stars began to appear above Hovenweep National…