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The night we nearly saw a 'blood moon' (and why I love near-misses in astronomy)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (210+ words) Astronomy is often about being close to extraordinary things without fully experiencing them....Astronomy is often about being close to seeing extraordinary things without fully experiencing them,...exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, the Northern Lights, moon-gazing, astro-travel,…...
Scientists detect signals of hydrogen from billions of years ago. Could this help us map out the universe?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (174+ words) science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy...Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science....He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics....Rob holds a…...
Meeting Nancy Grace Roman: What was the 'mother of Hubble' really like?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (549+ words) Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside one of the most iconic women in astronomy....Nancy Grace Roman, born in 1925, was a pioneering astronomer and the first chief of astronomy at NASA...In creating and leading NASA's astronomy…...
James Webb Space Telescope finds 'hidden stars' making the universe's 1st galaxies much bigger than we knew
3+ week, 4+ day ago (323+ words) "That has implications for all kinds of fields within astronomy....back to the universe's first stars.The team's research was published on Wednesday (August 18) in the journal...Nature Astronomy....
Astronomers discover hot watery exoplanet destined to be swallowed by its star
2+ week, 4+ day ago (193+ words) The team's research was published on Tuesday (August 25) in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics....
The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (310+ words) He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, Sky and Telescope, The Old Farmer's Almanac and...
The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before
2+ week, 5+ day ago (285+ words) ends its life in a supernova explosion.The team's research has been accepted for publication in the journal...Astronomy & Astrophysics and is available on the paper repository site arXiv....
Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy
3+ week, 6+ day ago (336+ words) The findings are presented in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics....
Galaxies tangled in science and spirit | Space photo of the day for Sept. 7, 2026
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (302+ words) "Astronomy is not just science or spirit; it's both at the same time."..."'Uhane in this image reminds us that astronomy is not just science or spirit; it's both at the same...
Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebula
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (385+ words) hours and 20 minutes of data capturing the surrounding stars, before combining exposures using the astronomy...magnitude +4.03 star Eta Cygni using the simplified star chart above, or with the aid of a smartphone astronomy...