University of Innsbruck4d
ESO milestone achieved: Deep insights into the universe
With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...
Discover Magazine5d
5 of the Strangest and Most Dangerous Exoplanets Ever Discovered
Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.
Scientific American11d
Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...
Space.com12d
World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)
The car-sized Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera that was recently installed on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ...
The New York Times16d
Famous Climate Observatory’s Lease May End Because of DOGE
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. By Austyn Gaffney On the flanks of the largest ...
si.edu18d
Space Race: The Prequel (Part One)
Ted: Back in the early 1600s Johannes Kepler came up with his third law, which gave the relative size of the solar system, Emily: That's Ted Rafferty. Ted: I'm Ted Rafferty. I was an astronomer at the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle18d
Study by UChicago scientists finds four tiny planets around one of our nearest stars
The new study, which included scientists with the Gemini Observatory/National Science Foundation NOIRLab, Heidelberg University, and the University of Amsterdam, is published March 11 in The ...
Athlon Sports21d
Meet the 2025 Philadelphia Phillies: LF Max Kepler
2025 Projections: Kepler looks to be one of the final pieces of the Phillies’ championship puzzle. The club lacked a third dependable outfielder last year—something their trade deadline move ...
The Hindu22d
Kepler and his laws of planetary motion
Having built an observatory and used it to track the motion of planets, Brahe possessed the most accurate astronomical observations of the time. Even though Brahe was impressed with Kepler’s ...
Daily Courier23d
Today’s Fact & Quote
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used data from the Kepler space observatory to estimate that at least 17 billion Earth-sized exoplanets exist in the Milky Way galaxy.
USA Today29d
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
The observatory is capable of pinpointing the location and number of these icy compounds in our galaxy, giving researchers a better sense of their abundance. SPHEREx is set to launch at 10:09 p.m ...
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Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory research facility
The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory will re-open for guided tours on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Guided tours will be held on Saturdays and Sundays only, from 10 am to 3 pm, from April 5 to ...