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Scholars have been searching for Hipparchus’s catalog for centuries. James Evans, a historian of astronomy at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, described the find as “rare” and ...

From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human eyes have ever seen. In May, astronomers announced that Webb detected the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called Sagittarius A*. In fact, these objects ...

A Living Model of Vincent Van Gogh's Severed Ear Is Touring Galleri... This is a method that Olson has actually employed before, according to a press release from Texas State University. He had ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible. Using JWST to get a ...

Harmodius and Aristogeiton who became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννόκτονοι) for their assassination of the ancient Greek tyrant Hipparchus. Credit:Miguel Hermoso Cuesta /Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes A photo of Neptune, taken by the Voyager 2 probe, with the ...

Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS): FGS is essential for keeping JWST accurately oriented, locking onto guide stars to stabilize the telescope’s ...

The famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed due to a combination of decayed zinc in the telescope’s cable sockets and previous damage from Hurricane Maria, according to a report ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals surprisingly bright early galaxies, indicating they may have formed stars more rapidly than expected. This challenges traditional views on galaxy formation and ...