The Hubble Space Telescope was originally expected to last about 15 years in orbit, before its optical surfaces became too ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Samantha Sutton is a caregiver by day, but spends much of her nighttime hours on a more technical ...
Billions of light years away, quasars are the brightest objects in the universe. So bright, in fact, that we’d never gotten a good look at what makes them tick…until scientists discovered a gargantuan ...
Since we’ve determined that not all of the fuzzy patches in the night sky are comets, that does leave us with a burning question — if not a comet, then what? As astronomers have learned over time, ...
In an awe-inspiring image recently released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking and eerie view of the Rosette Nebula. This sprawling ...
The article details various types of deep-sky objects observable by amateur astronomers, including double stars, variable stars, open and globular star clusters, emission, planetary, and reflection ...
Robert Trumpler studied open star clusters in the early 20th century to learn their distances, sizes, and distribution in the Milky Way. He investigated 100 clusters, 37 of which were unknown at the ...
November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...
It's no secret that the MCU has become the gold standard for superhero films and interconnected universes, thanks to its ability to balance its massive worlds and ever-swelling casts. But if there's ...
Editor's Note: The following contains Guardians of the Galaxy 3 spoilers. We are Groot! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 marks the end of this iteration of the team under the tutelage of James Gunn.