On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun’s disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the southern hemisphere! Here’s what you can
On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun’s disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the southern hemisphere! Here’s what you can
In the 1970s, the renowned physicist Victor Weisskopf famously developed a research program to qualitatively explain properties of matter in terms of the fundamental constants of physics. But there was
As you might imagine, mapping the universe on the largest of scales and tracing threads of the cosmic web is no mean feat. To do so, you’d need to take
TAMPA, Fla. — SES announced plans Sept. 16 to deploy a satellite co-developed with manufacturing startup K2 Space early next year, marking the start of a more iterative approach to
Image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile showing the growth of baby planet AB Aurigae b (bright spot near the bottom) in its protoplanetary disk. Image via T.
The sun has grown increasingly active over the past 17 years, bucking a downward trend that had solar physicists wondering whether our star was heading towards a new “grand minimum”
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Observing and doing astrophotography with a telescope, is an acquired skill that undoubtedly rewards the amateur astronomer, but not everyone has the time, patience or long spells of clear skies
File (Aug. 6, 2024) — Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured awaiting its capture by the Canadarm2 robotic arm commanded by Expedition