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A Breakthrough Listen survey was thought to have covered about 288,000 stars catalogued by Gaia. But a new simulation of the Milky Way estimates that more than 6.18 million stars actually fell within its radio-telescope beams—millions of potential worlds too faint or distant for Gaia to catalogue reliably, yet still within range if they were transmitting strongly enough.
17+ hour, 24+ min ago (1228+ words) A Besançon Galaxy Model reanalysis expands Breakthrough Listen's stellar bycatch to 6,182,364 simulated objects, while strong transmitter limits remain conditional on distance, power and duty cycle....
Before MeerKAT, South Africa's Karoo telescope had its own ways of reading the stars
21+ hour, 47+ min ago (1012+ words) Around the SKA telescope, old star stories survive through practical knowledge, new meanings and changing community traditions. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Long before enormous radio dishes began rising from South Africa’s Karoo, people there were already watching the sky. They used celestial…...
Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (186+ words) How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to…...
Ďáblice Observatory Marks 70 Years with Space Festival
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (356+ words) Want more Prague Daily News in your Google results? This weekend, Prague’s Ďáblice Observatory will be transformed into a celebration of space. To mark its 70th anniversary, visitors can enjoy a free festival featuring light installations, interactive activities and an open-air…...
eROSITA's Second Data Release Catalog Delivering the Most Comprehensive High-Energy Census of the Cosmos to Date
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (219+ words) The eROSITA Consortium has issued the survey's second data release (DR2), nearly doubling the previously known eROSITA X-ray sources to two million....
Fall Astronomy Day at Baylor Regional Park, Carver County
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (366+ words) Telescopes, solar viewing and a NASA guest speaker are heading to Baylor Regional Park on Saturday, September 19, as Carver County Parks hosts its Fall Astronomy Day for the public. Astronomy presentations begin at 2 p.m., with daytime solar viewing kicking things off…...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Opens Up New Window to the Universe
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (315+ words) Humanity’s view of the universe is limited by how much of the sky that we can see at once. Our most powerful telescopes have taken us billions of light-years into the cosmos, but often through narrow windows. With the launch…...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Prepares To Reveal Distant Worlds With Direct Exoplanet Imaging
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (836+ words) This article is based on reporting from Space.com about NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, its advanced coronagraph technology and its role in future exoplanet direct imaging research. The challenge is enormous because stars are millions or even billions of times…...
UW-Stevens Point offers free planetarium shows in September
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (248+ words) STEVENS POINT − The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Allen F. Blocher Planetarium will offer a series of free public programs in September, giving visitors opportunities to explore black holes, Mars and cultural perspectives on the night sky. The events are open…...
App State's Dark Sky Observatory Hosts Night Under the Stars Sept. 12
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (108+ words) App State’s Dark Sky Observatory Hosts Night Under the Stars Sept. 12 WataugaOnline.com Appalachian State University's Dark Sky Observatory will host Night Under the Stars on Saturday, Sept 12, from 8 to 10 p.m The evening invites guests to explore the observatory,…...