Ground-based optical astronomy primarily relies on nighttime observations due to the Sun's overwhelming brightness obscuring fainter celestial objects. Specialized solar telescopes and space-based ...
What are the key scientific challenges for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade? Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s identifies the most compelling science goals ...
KEARNEY — A comet streaking across the night sky. The northern lights illuminating a Nebraska landscape. A supermoon rising over the horizon. They’re examples of our fascination with astronomy. At the ...
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The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding would upend decades of established astronomical assumptions and rewrite our ...
A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.