| 单词 | astronomer |
| 例句 | The occupation of astronomer became a hereditary office, a practice inconsistent with the advance of the subject. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The astronomers hadn’t had a visitor in weeks, and they were keen to talk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Plato, Ptolemy and all the Christian astronomers before Kepler had assumed that the planets moved in circular paths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But in Holland, the astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who believed in both, was showered with honors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In a bittersweet twist, the first to do so was the inspirational astronomer and poet Zhenya Rudneva, of the 46th Guards. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In Peking, in the 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit astronomer, was able to build instruments based on his designs without ever having seen Brahe’s originals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of her key contacts was F. J. M. Stratton, a famous English astronomer, so short and round and jolly that he reminded people of Santa Claus. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In short, there isn’t a great deal that goes on in the universe that astronomers can’t find when they have a mind to. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z By this time, too, astrophysics had moved on so much that few astronomers wanted to devote their lives to anything as mundane as rocky planetoids. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The Kuiper belt was actually theorized by an astronomer named F. C. Leonard in 1930, but the name honors Gerard Kuiper, a Dutch native working in America, who expanded the idea. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Indeed, he said, Copernicus was acknowledged by all astronomers except those who “were a bit slow-witted or under the superstitions imposed by merely human authority.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This principle of ever-more-exact measurement derives from Tycho Brahe; in tightening up the relationship between evidence and theory in physics, Galileo was extrapolating from the practices of the astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn’t have a telescope, so I was just an idiot. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He was an astronomer and mathematician and studied the evolution of the solar system. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The goal of previous astronomers had been to construct mathematical models that would successfully predict the location of the planets in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It took some inspired deductions by the astronomer William Herschel to work out that they were nowhere near planet sized but much smaller. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That is, of course, assuming that astronomers care about the date at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Only a few decades later, the astronomer Sir William Herschel confirmed this idea by painstakingly cataloging the positions and distances of vast numbers of stars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the vicar was an astronomer in his spare time. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It took a lot of tactful correspondence before Kepler was able to soothe Tycho’s offended feelings and restore friendly relations with the great astronomer. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z First cartographers, then mathematicians, then anatomists, and then astronomers began to play the game, which was inherently competitive and immediately gave rise to priority disputes and, more slowly, to eponymic naming. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No competent astronomer defended the traditional Ptolemaic system once they had heard that Venus had a full set of phases; you had to be an ill-informed philosopher to do so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I knew, for instance, that I was going to be an astronomer and one day walk on Mars and maybe even live on the next International Space Station. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It represents an intellectual breakthrough: Digges was the first competent astronomer explicitly to propose an infinite universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z From 1538 the new understanding of earth and water as making up a single sphere became an orthodoxy among both Protestant and Catholic astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In 1956, astronomers discovered that Cepheid variables were more variable than they had thought; they came in two varieties, not one. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Throughout Europe astronomers took a keen interest in what Copernicus had to say, but, with only a very few exceptions, they took it for granted that his account of a moving Earth was simply wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was the son of well-known astronomer William Herschel, who earlier had proposed that Mars could support intelligent life. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Most professional astronomers of the day were skeptical, believing the “canal lines” were optical illusions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician set off for Scotland on the train. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Printing created a community of astronomers working on common problems with common methods and reaching agreed solutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The astronomer dutifully replied: nobody knows, nobody knows, nobody knows ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But presently our journey takes us to what astronomers on Earth like to call the Local Group of galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then two astronomers—the German, Johannes Kepler, and the Italian, Galileo Galilei—started publicly to support the Copernican theory, despite the fact that the orbits it predicted did not quite match the ones observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After doing their calculations with Babylonian notation, Greek astronomers usually converted the numbers back into clunky Greek-style numerals—without zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At a stroke, in a simple formula, Einstein endowed geologists and astronomers with the luxury of billions of years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Lowell was posthumously hailed everywhere as a genius of the first order, and Tombaugh was largely forgotten, except among planetary astronomers, who tend to revere him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This should be as startling to economists as a burst of exotic radiation is to astronomers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All over Europe astronomers were obsessed with it—and since they now knew Regiomontanus’s real technique for measuring parallax, they naturally tried to apply it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But he was an expert horseman, a self- taught violinist, and an amateur geologist, astronomer, and natural historian. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was an astronomer, historian, geographer, philosopher, poet, theater critic and mathematician. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only printing that ensured that a significant number of astronomers had access to Regiomontanus’s text on parallax after 1531. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For the Arabs, and for astronomers relying on Arabic sources, Arim represented the degree zero of longitude and latitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For a year the young astronomers did everything they could think of to track down and eliminate the noise. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A hack astronomer, who is constantly on talk shows and whose name you would probably recognize, played himself in a cameo role. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z These had already been seen by other astronomers, but Galileo was not aware of that. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The type of measurement he was trying to make was perfectly familiar to astronomers: such measurements had been made since Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of the few people whose eyes clearly saw the implications of the Copernican model soon after the publication of De Revolutionibus was the English astronomer Thomas Digges. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The upgrade was the brainchild of the eminent astronomer George Ellery Hale. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Despite Wallace’s critique, despite the fact that other astronomers with telescopes and observing sites as good as Lowell’s could find no sign of the fabled canals, Lowell’s vision of Mars gained popular acceptance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I heard the learn’d astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the moon, with no atmosphere, astronomers would not have this problem, and they would be able to learn a lot more about our universe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A radio astronomer on a planet of another star would be able to calculate the length of the day on Earth from the times of appearance and disappearance of our signals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Regiomontanus grasped that an astronomer does not have to travel in order to get two observation points that are, in effect, far apart. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Most astronomers, according to Curtis Peebles, expected little, particularly as the comet was not a coherent sphere but a string of twenty-one fragments. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Thus the astronomers decided to ignore human calendars altogether. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In rhetoric, we’re far closer to the astronomer than the mathematician. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Previous astronomers would have rejected this solution because it did not involve circular movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This remarkable star, 5,000 light-years distant, is now called the Crab Supernova, because an astronomer centuries later was unaccountably reminded of a crab when looking at the explosion remnant through his telescope. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Swiftly, and more than a little unexpectedly, he became the most outstanding astronomer of the twentieth century. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The exhibit’s close on December 31, 2000, is just when the astronomers on top of the hill crack open their champagne bottles to celebrate the turn of the millennium. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Similarly, in April, Cardinal Bellarmine asked the Jesuit astronomers whether Galileo’s discoveries had been confirmed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Our modern picture of the universe dates back to only 1924, when the American astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that ours was not the only galaxy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the standard translation of On the Revolutions, Copernicus wrote, ‘Astronomy is written for astronomers’; but he didn’t. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A static universe, as should have been obvious to Newton and every thinking astronomer since, would collapse in upon itself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Thus the printing press took scattered astronomers and astrologers belonging to different cultures and holding varied intellectual commitments and allowed the widespread exchange and comparison of ideas. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Asked what was the purpose of life, he replied, “the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens,” the reply of a true astronomer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The figures, from left to right, are the astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There may be countless worlds on which the inhabitants are accomplished linguists or superb poets but indifferent radio astronomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, to the astonishment of many, including many astronomers, evidence was actually found for the existence of black holes in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tombaugh had no formal training as an astronomer, but he was diligent and he was astute, and after a year’s patient searching he somehow spotted Pluto, a faint point of light in a glittery firmament. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On a modern school protractor you cannot distinguish ten minutes of a degree, and only one astronomer before Kepler would have thought such a measurement unsatisfactory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On earth, astronomers are hindered by electric lights and radio signals that pollute the night sky, but on the back side of the moon astronomers could view the universe without interference. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Ptolemaic astronomers of Montaigne’s day were very different from the Hippocratic doctors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z How could other astronomers—some of whom said they had not examined Lowell’s maps closely until after their own observations— have drawn the same canals? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One occurred while they were drinking beer after an evening talk by the astronomer Tommy Gold on “the perfect cosmological principle.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In the 1920s that all changed, thanks to an American astronomer named Edwin Hubble. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Thus both Copernicus and Francis Bacon wrote of astronomers ‘feigning’ eccentrics and epicycles—they meant these are imaginary entities. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He no longer cared what astronomers said, what the president said, what anyone said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Rømer was born at Århus on 25 September 1644, and after studying at the University of Copenhagen he stayed on there as assistant to the physicist and astronomer Erasmus Bartholin. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But then a less arrogant individual than Tycho would still have had his nose intact and might never have become such a great astronomer in the first place. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The second book, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, published in 1830 by the astronomer Sir John Herschel, suggested a radically different view. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, for the fourth time since the broadcast began, the news announcer interrupts with a special bulletin: An astronomer at McGill University in Canada has just seen three more explosions on Mars. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In the early 1930s, he turned his attention to a question that had long troubled astronomers: the appearance in the sky of occasional unexplained points of light, new stars. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There is nevertheless a nagging suspicion among some astronomers that all may not be right with the deduction, from the red shifts of galaxies via the Doppler effect, that the universe is expanding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, we have lost sight of their range of interests: Brahe and Hailey are well-known as astronomers, but who remembers that they were also cartographers? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It soon became clear that Humason was better able to obtain high-quality spectra of distant galaxies than any professional astronomer in the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the Aristotelian system, which was later refined by the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘This is not just a superstition or a myth,” he said, and then cited evidence from astronomers that at that time in history there was a comet that followed the path outlined in the Bible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some astronomers proposed that there were fountains that spat out matter, and the galaxies moved away from these founts, aging and dying. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Every year, he dispatched his most promising graduate astronomers to the great European centers of scientific learning, such as Cambridge, Manchester, Paris, or Gottingen, Germany. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We now know that Cepheids throb as they do because they are elderly stars that have moved past their "main sequence phase," in the parlance of astronomers, and become red giants. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The leading astronomers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were fascinated by comets, and even Newton became a little giddy over them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For his new tale, Wells was inspired by astronomers who proposed that life existed on Mars. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The moons were named by him the ‘Medician stars’, in honour of Cosimo, but are known to astronomers today as the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z For a time, big bang theory and steady-state theory lived side by side, alternatives that astronomers chose between depending on their philosophy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By comparing how fast galaxies were receding at different eras in the past, the astronomers were able to track how fast space-time was expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the summer of that year, a young astronomer named James Christy at the U.S. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There are astronomers in each galaxy, and the light they see is also trapped on the curved surface of the hypersphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While physicists in the middle decades of the twentieth-century were looking perplexedly into the world of the very small, astronomers were finding no less arresting an incompleteness of understanding in the universe at large. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The entire family wept as befit the occasion, except for Clara, who continued to watch the sky with the patience of an astronomer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a supernova whose light should have reached the Earth in the seventeenth century, when there were a fair number of astronomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were master astronomers and timekeepers, which meant that they had to use advanced math, thanks to the wandering nature of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Herschel was a respected scientist, and other astronomers accepted his idea. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Unhappily, no supernova explosions have been observed in our Galaxy since the invention of the telescope, and astronomers have been chafing at the bit for some centuries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The more distant the objects that astronomers look at, the farther back they are looking in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A lot of astronomers believe it isn’t a planet at all, but merely the largest object so far found in a zone of galactic debris known as the Kuiper belt. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On one level, this is a question about equipment: the telescope transformed the way in which astronomers negotiated with nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then the galactic astronomers are out of business, the stars cool and die, matter itself decays and the universe becomes a thin cold haze of elementary particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z More than a hundred years later Galileo still needed, when writing in Latin, to use convoluted phrases such as ‘unknown to all astronomers before me’ to convey it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He’d have liked to be a scholar himself, maybe an astronomer or an experimental theologian, making discoveries about the deepest nature of things. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Thales, the first Greek astronomer, learned how to do this from the Babylonians, or perhaps through the Egyptians. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Maskelyne knew just such a person–the astronomer and surveyor Charles Mason. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There might be philosophical reasons for preferring one to the other, but an astronomer could happily use either to perform calculations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Nat laughed, but he felt the same warm flood of happiness he had felt when Dr. Holyoke called him an astronomer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with being an unkind dig at astronomers, this tells us a bit about the methods of the natural sciences as against math. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Father told me it was once the home of the astronomer Copernicus, who proved that the earth rotated around the sun. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Thus, the difficulties historians face in establishing cause-and-effect relations in the history of human societies are broadly similar to the difficulties facing astronomers, climatologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, geologists, and paleontologists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only a few astronomers, notably Gerard Kuiper, the Dutch-born astronomer for whom the Kuiper belt of comets is named, took any interest in the solar system at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Ptolemaic astronomers were unable to agree on whether Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The H. G. Wells story featured an astronomer, and this gave Koch a chance to include one, too. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z An astronomer looked through his new telescope into the stars one morning and then refused to ever look to the heavens again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The answer is that it is partly a matter of where astronomers point their instruments and partly a matter of what their instruments are designed to detect, and partly it’s just Pluto. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Although he did not state it this way, he was the first astronomer to imagine the planets hanging unsupported in empty space. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As the sphere expands, an astronomer in any galaxy will think all the other galaxies are running away from him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some astronomers now think that a series of similar conjunctions at the time of the birth of Jesus may have been the phenomenon known as the ‘star of Bethlehem’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Light doesn’t go in a straight line, but in a curved path around stars—an effect that the British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington went on an expedition in 1919 to observe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Following a lead by the astronomer V. M. Slipher at Lowell Observatory, they began measuring the spectra of distant galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Plato urged astronomers to think about the heavens, but not to waste their time observing them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, in his own time, Kepler was more famous as an astrologer than as an astronomer, although the distinction between the two was rather blurred. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Whenever Mars came near, the early astronomers focused their telescopes on it in hopes of seeing surface details. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The subject was then considered by most professional astronomers to be at least slightly disreputable, tainted with Lowellian excesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Though astronomers had spotted some glowing, swirly clouds, there was little reason to believe that they were anything but glowing gas inside our galaxy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The astronomer Halton Arp has found enigmatic and disturbing cases where a galaxy and a quasar, or a pair of galaxies, that are in apparent physical association have very different red shifts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They show Lowell to have been well aware of the skepticism expressed by other astronomers about the reality of the canals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a century later the whereabouts of the century’s greatest astronomer remain unknown. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Weeks later, back in the town in New Hampshire where I live, I put these questions to John Thorstensen, an astronomer at Dartmouth College. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And at least two well-known scientists, the astronomer Ernst Öpik and the chemist and Nobel laureate Harold Urey, had also voiced support for the notion at various times. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When astronomers peer at a distant galaxy, they are looking backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Called the Red Planet by early astronomers, Mars is actually sandy orange in color. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Properly called the Öpik–Oort cloud, it is named for the Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik, who hypothesized its existence in 1932, and for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who refined the calculations eighteen years later. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Upon his return there was now enough information for the French astronomer Joseph Lalande to calculate that the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun was a little over 150 million kilometers. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This cannot be true in any absolute sense; Galileo’s telescope transformed the world of astronomers before they had any new words for what they could now see—before they even had the word ‘telescope’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So I decided I would be an astronomer, learn about the stars and planets and, if I could, go and visit them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These same principles led astronomers to take a new interest in measuring distances in order to establish exactly where certain objects—new stars—were in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Today, astronomers suspect that the universe is about 15 billion light-years across and peppered everywhere with clusters of galaxies. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This explained the motion of the planets in the heavens with incredible accuracy; no longer could astronomers object that the heliocentric system was inferior to the geocentric one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z On 18 May, however, the Jesuit astronomers threw a party for Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That seminal event in astronomy was largely to the credit of the astronomer Percival Lowell. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a walled city for poets and astronomers and every shade of thinker in between. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tombwalk was a relic of the old palace cemetery, cut off from the rest of the grounds by the construction of the astronomers’ tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Of course, it’s going to be a long, long time before astronomers or anyone else begins to live on the moon inside bubbles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, although the philosophers understood him perfectly well, some of them continued to insist that what he and other astronomers claimed to see couldn’t possibly be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I correspond with quite a few astronomers,” Dr. Holyoke said, “but I don’t have much chance to talk to one.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The last scientist who worked in the Library was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist and the head of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy—an extraordinary range of accomplishments for any individual in any age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One night he heard an interview with an astronomer about what would have to be done to get the moon back in place. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In detecting the cosmic background radiation, in counting quasars, in searching for intelligent signals from space, radio astronomers are dealing with amounts of energy that are barely there at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the nation’s leading astronomers, Campbell had been director of the university’s Lick Observatory for twenty-three years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In discussing the large-scale structure of the Cosmos, astronomers are fond of saying that space is curved, or that there is no center to the Cosmos, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There are ten times more astrologers in the United States than astronomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear Mr. Bowditch, Moore didn’t compute that table. Do you know who did? Nevil Maskelyne, the royal astronomer of England!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For a future astronomer and astronaut like myself, that day had been out-of-this-world awesome. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Within a day or two he had left; Galileo was thus in Rome as the Jesuit astronomers turned their telescopes on Venus and watched it move towards a half-circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is really only in the last few years that astronomers have begun to count and keep an eye on the rest of the asteroid community. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the same way, by looking at how a star’s light spectrum gets shifted, astronomers can deduce how fast the star is moving—toward us or away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He left the astronomers to their fogbound observatory and set off down the track, feeling his way along by following his dæmon, whose eyes were closer to the ground. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In late 1997 astronomers announced that they had used these supernovas to measure the distance to some very dim and ancient galaxies. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z McKay, who wrote the script, will direct the film about two low-level astronomers who go on a media tour to warn of an approaching asteroid heading for Earth. Jennifer Lawrence to star in Adam McKay comedy for Netflix 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Williams wants his installation to be a corrective to the contemporary derision for hobbyists – be they trainspotters, Airfix junkies or astronomers. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z According to Triton College astronomer Dan Joyce, this was the Chicago area's first significant northern lights event in nearly seven years. Aurora borealis makes rare local appearance 2011-10-25T11:23:00Z In June, Viking Ocean Cruises launched its new ship, the Viking Orion, featuring a planetarium and a resident astronomer who offers lectures, guided stargazing and indoor night-sky tours. Your Next Trip? It’s Written in the Stars 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z A biologist might be observing penguins the same day an astronomer looks through the South Pole Telescope. As summer in Antarctica nears, scientists train to endure punishing conditions 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Today, a resident astronomer leads guided star walks through the grounds as well as sessions on the lodge’s new stargazing platform. The 12 Best Destinations for Stargazing 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z From a scientific standpoint, the earthly effects of Mercury Retrograde are, as astronomer Rick Fienberg put it, “a whole lot of bunk.” Has your life gone haywire? It’s probably Mercury Retrograde. 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The astronomer recognized this as an extremely rare event called a "meteor procession," in which a meteor breaks up and the pieces travel together as if in formation before exiting the Earth's atmosphere once more. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z It's literally high and dry, so lacking in humidity that its crystal-clear skies are a magnet for amateur and professional astronomers. 'Nostalgia for the Light': Looking at the cosmos ? and Chile's haunted past 2011-03-31T20:36:09Z They’re soon taken prisoner by moon men, but a quick-witted astronomer clobbers the king and they escape, with one earthling vanquishing moon men with an umbrella. Review: Aliens Drop Anchor in ‘Arrival,’ but What Are Their Intentions? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z When farming created a surplus that could be stored, markets arose, along with kings and priests, who allocated extra food to subsidize carpenters and masons, scribes and calendar-keeping astronomers. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z He even had an asteroid named after him, by the astronomer Schelte J. Bus of the University of Hawaii, in 2015. They Wrote Their Love Story While Scripting Others 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “If Groucho never existed, we would sense a lack in the world of comedy, like the planet in the solar system that astronomers say ought to be there.” What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and New Year’s Eve 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z An astronomer wrangles herself a hunky cowboy in the new holiday fable "One Starry Christmas." TV This Week Oct. 26 - Nov. 1: 'Winter's Tale' on HBO 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z With the technology that the three developed, “we may even see entirely new objects that we haven’t even imagined yet,” said Patrick Sutton, an astronomer at Cardiff University in Wales. U. S.-based scientists earn Nobel Prize for work on gravitational waves 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Two astronomers discover a comet headed straight for Earth. At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Glamour, Griping and Gluten-Free Meals 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z A historical novel about Caroline Herschel, who worked as a stargazing companion to her famous brother, the astronomer William Herschel. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Photograph: Ian West UK summary Iconic, record-breaking stargazing show that mixes sober discussion from leading astronomers with dry analysis of precisely what is happening in the night sky at any given time. Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes shows what can go wrong in remaking telly 2011-01-08T00:08:02Z One is the new "Silent Sky," about female astronomers. Preview: 'Emilie' at ArtsWest shows an 18th-century female scientist's remarkable life, loves 2011-01-20T22:26:03Z And also because the strenuous efforts of 18th-century astronomers to measure the exact time and duration of this singular event represent one of the most thrilling chapters in the history of science. `Chasing Venus' is thrilling adventure story 2012-04-30T15:55:44Z You don't have to be an astronomer," continued the Astronomer, "to work out that's exactly two years ago. The Birthday Party and the Airman by ?ukasz D?bski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 2011-04-08T10:22:00Z Al-Khalili profiles the astronomers, mathematicians and sundry boffins who have pondered the fundamental truths of our existence. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-03-21T08:00:02Z Confetti exploded into the auditorium, and a giant screen dropped in front of the stage and played a short film featuring an astronomer. How was Kate Bush's comeback? 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Near the end of “Don’t Look Up,” Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, an awkward astronomer turned media darling, delivers an emotional monologue. Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z The filmmaker, an astronomer and visual artist at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, will be present to introduce his work. It's peak season for outdoor movies 2012-08-02T20:14:04Z The images shine a bright light on astronomers’ unstoppable pursuit of knowledge as well as on technological advances, artistic responses and fantasy, and also a generous serving of unabashed cuteness. 28 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Sobel's memorable prose relies on letters between Galileo and his oldest daughter, a nun, to shine new light on the iconic astronomer. Stuart Clark's top 10 approachable astronomy books 2010-08-18T09:22:00Z In the complex and detailed work of the medieval astronomers there was something much like Lane Fox’s clinical eye. Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Vallée, a French astronomer and computer scientist who worked with J Allen Hynek, became entangled in bizarre mind games while investigating UFO cults in the 1970s. Mark Pilkington's top 10 books about UFOs 2010-09-01T11:29:00Z This allowed astronomers to reliably measure how far away they were, to establish the gargantuan dimensions of the Milky Way, and the even greater distances between this galaxy and others. Looking at the stars 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z A professor of music and blind from birth, Oyarzún traveled from the nearby port of Caldera to “listen” to the eclipse, the first in the region since 1592, according to Chilean astronomers. Blind Chileans 'listen' for the solar eclipse 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Similarly, astronomer Carl Murray, of Queen Mary, University of London, says the film was the first one that made him really think. Kubrick’s 2001: the film that haunts our dreams of space 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z She details her childhood; her adolescence; her unorthodox marriage to her husband, the astronomer David Peck Todd; her passionate relationship with Austin; her position as “the first, best champion of Emily’s genius.” Review: ‘A Woman of the World’ Dwells in Possibility 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Its discoverers — the astronomer Mike Brown and the astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin — weigh in on its makeup, including whether its moons have potential for life. What’s on TV Tuesday: Lin-Manuel Miranda in ‘Drunk History,’ and Dolly Parton on ‘The Voice’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The Goblin, a round frozen world just 186 miles across, got its spooky name because it was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween. Scientists find a frozen, scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The action takes place almost entirely in Harold’s mind as he meditates on, among many other things: time, love, piñatas, silence, sanity, God and the sartorial choices of the astronomer Carl Sagan. Meet ‘Harold,’ a Dreamy Third Grader With a Lot on His Mind 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It is as if Atacama is the distant planet, being watched by another astronomer on the moon. Nostalgia for the Light – review 2012-07-12T20:30:01Z Wilson Observatory, where astronomer Edwin Hubble did some of his groundbreaking work. Datebook: Marisa Merz at the Hammer, artists at Mt. Wilson, the color of art, a sanctuary installation 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z This kind of frustration was both spirit and subject of the regrettable parable “Don’t Look Up,” in which astronomers’ warnings about an approaching comet were swallowed in the black hole of 24-hour media. ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z As of this writing, we have confirmed the existence of 4,197, but astronomers detect another exoplanet seemingly every few days. These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Identifying the comet in the verses was easy, said astronomer Don Olson, lead author of the article. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z With episodes entitled "What is Nothing?" and "Can We Resurrect the Dead?" filmmakers interview physicists, biologists, astronomers and other academics who explore cutting edge theories on many of life's big questions. Morgan Freeman takes TV viewers into a "Wormhole" 2012-06-01T12:04:23Z “In Dürer’s divine harmony,” he writes, “animals took on an emblematical role. He saw them the way a monk read the scriptures, or an astronomer peered into the sky.” Review | Philip Hoare’s examination of Albrecht Dürer takes readers on an entertaining, digressive ride 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z So there's always a second career in science… His PhD was actually in film studies, although he does admit to being an "amateur astronomer". Rising star: Gavin Extence 2013-01-06T00:07:20Z Neither is as controversial as the 2011 winner, Britain's astronomer royal, Lord Rees, who was criticised by fellow scientists who argued that the Templeton Foundation's main objective was to spread religion. Desmond Tutu wins Templeton prize for advancing 'spiritual progress' 2013-04-04T04:01:01Z Then an astronomer said, Master, Speak to us of Time. Digested classic: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 2010-04-30T09:38:00Z In 1999, the Ringelblum archives were assigned “Memory of the World” status by UNESCO, along with such Polish documents as the original manuscripts of composer Frederic Chopin and the treatises of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Memories in milk bottles: Polish exhibition 'shouts out' annihilation story of Warsaw Ghetto 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z A woman looks at two fingers of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei at the newly reopened Galileo Museum of Science, in Florence. Galileo's fingers to be displayed in Florence science museum 2010-06-08T16:21:00Z That comment, however, ignores Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer in the third century B.C. who also proposed the heliocentric model. Letters: ?Agora?: Spinning ?Round the Sun 2010-05-28T14:58:00Z A dual biography that traces the poet’s tangled legacy and its influence on the lives of his widow and their daughter, who made a name for herself as a mathematician and astronomer. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z It has since been surpassed in size and complexity but remains beloved in the astronomy community because, Buckingham says, “almost any interested astronomer” with a good research case can gain access. Arizona’s Kitt Peak Observatory offers a perfect sight-line to the stars 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z On the big day, expect lots of amateur astronomers wielding telescopes with solar filters. 10 of the best views, festivals and events for the US total solar eclipse 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z As one astronomer triumphantly declared, the ability to divine a star’s constituents from its spectrum “made the chemist’s arms millions of miles long”. Looking at the stars 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z While visiting the Atacama desert, our standout experience was a tour with a retired astronomer. Great desert adventures: readers’ travel tips 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Hawking, a man of few words but considerable wit, replied, “I’m an astronomer, not an astrologer.” Actor Eddie Redmayne explodes into Oscar contention with ‘The Theory of Everything’ What they find when they enter his observatory is something horrible indeed: The famous astronomer is dead and “burning like a torch.” ‘The Rim of Morning’ review: Two supernatural novels by William Sloane 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In one scene, an unidentified narrator says that attempts by Indigenous people to guard the mountain have been reported as “threatening violent acts” by astronomers, leading to police intervention. ‘Rock Bottom Riser’ Review: A Cosmic View of Hawaii 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z It is operated from an adjacent control room, where astronomers view images on computer screens. Arizona’s Kitt Peak Observatory offers a perfect sight-line to the stars 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misstated the age of the astronomer and writer Rebecca Elson when she died. Cancer Haunts a Composer’s Life and Work 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Year that two visible comets over Europe caused Sir Isaac Newton to write to the royal astronomer in a letter included in the exhibition. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Golijov, the CSO's former composer in residence, took his title from a book by the astronomer Galileo that includes observations about the moon. Conlon serves Shostakovich suite to the max with CSO 2011-04-22T17:40:00Z After Nicolaus Copernicus introduced heliocentric theory to 16th century Europe, astronomers began to dream about “other worlds” — and populate them with imaginary creatures. When the Aliens Arrive, What Will They Look Like? A Zoologist Has Answers 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Cosmologists and astronomers win Nobel Prizes; the Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal habitable, “Earth-size” planets; and The New York Times reports on shady government programs investigating “aerospace threats.” Did Storming Area 51 Teach Us Anything? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s hard to believe that Nick was once a successful astronomer, and Carmen’s do-gooding and left-wing politics are sometimes depicted with a satiric sneer. Books of The Times: ?Carry the One,? a Novel by Carol Anshaw 2012-03-12T21:38:55Z That plan involved using psychologists, advertising experts, amateur astronomers and even Disney cartoons to create propaganda to reduce public interest. ‘Project Blue Book’ Is Based on a True U.F.O. Story. Here It Is. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The British astronomer Stanford Thayer oversees the project, believing that an advanced civilization on Mars will see the conflagration and a dialogue between the planets will begin. ‘The Slippage,’ by Ben Greenman, and More 2013-04-24T21:29:52Z He sees the astronomers in Nostalgia for the Light – especially the startlingly eloquent Gaspar Galaz – as artists. Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars 2012-07-20T21:55:08Z The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine. ‘Marks of Genius,’ Works From the Bodleian, at the Morgan 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z "I'm not interested in astronomy so much as astronomers," he says. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z We started high in the Chilean Atacama desert, where astronomers in dodgy sweaters spend the nights staring into a 23 tonne mirror that magnifies the night sky by a factor of 4 billion. TV review: Horizon: Seeing Stars; Safebreakers and Only Connect 2011-08-15T21:00:02Z Among the objects that astronomers hope to study will be the first stars and galaxies that formed after the Big Bang – the birth of the universe 13.7 bn years ago. Space race: the new generation of super-telescopes 2011-01-09T00:06:17Z There he listens to astronomers talking about light, matter, and the secrets of the cosmos. Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars 2012-07-20T21:55:08Z Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science, one of the astronomers who made the discovery, said the Goblin is small for a dwarf planet. Scientists find a frozen, scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Overseeing Clyde, Alan and the others in a small intrepid band of Pluto-seekers is Constance Lowell, based on the rich and eccentric widow of famed astronomer Percival Lowell. 'Percival's Planet': Michael Byers' novelistic take on the discovery of Pluto 2010-07-28T22:13:00Z Once you look past the Lizard King nightclub and hip-hop graffiti, it is easy to imagine astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus walking the same streets. Krakow has history, culture and shops. Up the river, so does Torun — minus the crowds. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z TORUN, Poland — This medieval city on the banks of the Vistula River is known for two things: the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and gingerbread cookies. A Gingerbread City Guards Its Secrets 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Colonialists would go hand-in-hand with botanists and astronomers in their conquest of the globe. Forgotten hero 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The Charleston festival is staging the American premiere of "Kepler," about the famed German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass' 75th 2012-05-19T17:37:08Z He’s even a bit of a science nerd, growing up on Carl Sagan’s books and now overseeing “Cosmos: A Time-Space Odyssey,” a follow-up to the late astronomer’s documentary series about the nature of the universe. What can’t MacFarlene do? 2012-06-28T14:47:00Z A boston mathematician and astronomer established this observatory outside of downtown Flagstaff in 1894, and it was here in 1930 that astronomers discovered the planet Pluto. At the Grand Canyon, a cancer survivor rises to the challenge of a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z What thrilled astronomers was that the newly discovered world lay in the star’s habitable zone, that Goldilocks region of space where the temperature is right for liquid water, and along with water, perhaps life. 2016's best bits: breakthroughs in science 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z In 1600, astronomer Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake for daring to say the sun was a star. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z I've just re-read the scene on the bus, where he's watching the people who will never be able to awaken their "sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer". Reading group: Wind, Sand and Stars – brilliantly uplifting 2012-11-09T15:57:26Z They include an astronomer, a stringed instrument bow maker, two photographers and a marine ecologist. MacArthur Fellows Named for 2012 2012-10-01T22:16:31Z Meanwhile, Grimes’s irresistibly attractive Scotland Yard man is busy solving the murder of his newly acquired friends David Moffit, an American astronomer, and his wife, Rebecca. Child Sleuths and Child Victims 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z According to Sean O’Brien, an astronomer at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the eclipse will begin around 5:15 a.m., and the moon will be completely in the Earth’s shadow by 6:30. Wake up early Wednesday to see a total lunar eclipse Both agreed, however, where in the sky astronomers would pinpoint the planet causing those perturbations. Neptune's first orbit: a turning point in astronomy 2011-07-09T23:06:13Z For the first quarter of a million years, the cosmos was hidden from astronomers. 2016's best bits: breakthroughs in science 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z There's the first female astronomer, Elizabeth Brown, and her sister. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z In December 1915, while serving on the Russian front, the German astronomer and mathematician Karl Schwarzschild sent a letter to Albert Einstein that contained the first precise solution to the equations of general relativity. The Ecstasy of Scientific Discovery, and Its Agonizing Price 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Twice as large as our own Milky Way, M101 was cataloged in the 18th century by the French astronomer Charles Messier, which accounts for the M in its name. All the World in a ‘Slice’ of Art 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “There’s something about the work that astronomers do there, the act of observing, that I find connects with art,” Ondrus says. Artists to take over Mt. Wilson Observatory for science-inspired exhibitions and performance this weekend 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Dee was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, navigator, book collector, philosopher and proponent of empire for an expanding Britain. Music Review: An Alchemist Reaches Out Across Centuries 2011-07-03T19:14:09Z An astronomer, mathematician, navigator, alchemist, spy and celestial necromancer, Dee was a larger-than-life magus figure. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z Most of them were close students of the natural sciences: Thomas Paine an engineer, Benjamin Rush a physician and chemist, Roger Sherman an astronomer, Thomas Jefferson an architect and agronomist. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z Tippett, host of the NPR show “On Being,” delves into religion and science and perennial questions with astronomers, neuroscientists, religious leaders, poets and philosophers. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A gallery is devoted to early-20th-century communications sent to astronomers at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z This year was better than usual, astronomers said—one of the most glorious celestial spectacles visible with the naked eye. Watching Canada’s Biggest Rock Band Say a Dramatic Goodbye 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z And there’s such a backlog of scientists and astronomers who want to look at their little piece of sky! Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z There’s also Bruno’s contemporary, Galileo Galilei, the astronomer who discovered the moons of Jupiter and argued for the heliocentric solar system. Cosmic terror: Why Neil deGrasse Tyson has religious fundamentalists so freaked 2014-03-27T11:50:00Z The 29-acre resort sits on the site of a former base station for Mayan astronomers. This week’s best travel bargains from around the globe 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z “The new one is about the mythology’s namesake, Sirius Amory, the astronomer who discovers the value of this energy source that binds all the planets together.” Coheed and Cambria set to (prog) rock Showbox SoDo 2013-02-14T22:53:52Z Claudius Ptolemy, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer and father of geography, called the Rwenzori range the Mountains of the Moon, and I think he got it about right. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The idea came to him in 2001 when he joined a group of historians, literary scholars, astronomers, botanists and indigenous guides aboard a replica of Cook’s ship to re-enact his 18th-century voyage. A world in water 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Its development has been long and complicated, which gave Kahn plenty to talk about as he gathered perspectives from engineers, astronomers and other researchers. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Simple as Water’ and the American Music Awards 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Expect naturalist talks and tours, and stargazing with an astronomer. 8 Hotels Offering More Family-Friendly Options 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Tied at second were soccer player and police officer, while other professions included architect and astronomer. November’s Class of KidsPost: Fifth-graders at Oak View in Silver Spring 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Later they can stargaze with astronomers in the park from 8 to 11 p.m. Spare Times — For Children for June 1 — 7 2012-05-31T21:26:54Z She went on to become America’s first professional woman astronomer, the first woman to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and, along with other firsts, a figure of immense power and genuine modesty. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Thankfully, Brian Cox is on hand to speak about the Large Hadron Collider and the power of gravity, while astronomer Martin Rees will talk about the future of space travel. This week's new events 2011-03-12T00:08:06Z Even after the astronomers’ calculations revealed the date of the negative, I was left with one further mystery. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Xue-Bing Wu, the lead astronomer, asked, in a paper published in Nature. Liu Cixin Is China’s Answer to Arthur C. Clarke 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A dinosaur-obsessed little one would go nuts for a pass to a local dinosaur museum, and an aspiring astronomer might love a trip to the local planetarium. The procrastinator's Christmas gift guide that protects the planet in no time flat 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z With data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers captured a picture of the hot, shadowy edges of a supermassive black hole. Scientists reveal the first image of a supermassive black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Photo: Fabrizio Giovannozzi/AP Two of Galileo's fingers, removed from his corpse by admirers in the 18th century, have gone on display in a Florence museum now named after the astronomer. Galileo's fingers to be displayed in Florence science museum 2010-06-08T16:21:00Z But we do find two sky charts, one used by the Navajo, the other by Western astronomers, along with suggestions of equivalence, paying homage both to “indigenous knowledge” and “Western science.” Museum Review: The Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City 2012-03-23T22:08:01Z His studies helped make it possible for chemists and astronomers to draw accurate interpretations from incomplete data. Benjamin F. Logan, Engineer by Day and Bluegrass Fiddler by Night, Dies at 87 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Given that not much happens in this opera, a meditation on the theories, attitudes and observations of the late-16th-century mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, that seemed sufficient. Music Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Kepler’ at Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-01T21:25:58Z In this empty spot, the mountains offer a purchase on clear skies that are a magnet to the world's leading-edge astronomers. TV highlights 15/08/2011 2011-08-14T20:59:00Z While faint, the TRAPPIST-1 star is close by cosmic standards, allowing astronomers to study the atmospheres of its seven temperate planets with ground and space telescopes. Astronomers find 7 planets that could contain life 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Galileo presented his first telescope in Venice; Williams will now present his own homage to the amateur astronomer, a temple to a nocturnal sub-species. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z Imagine having to spend your entire life living with people asking: 'You're not that astronomer, are you?' Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z Every 16th-century savant and scholar and crackpot aspired to study in Prague under great minds like the astronomer Johannes Kepler and the court mathematician, Tycho Brahe. Unmasking Magic and Murder in the Best New Crime 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z SAT How astronomers past and present determine distances to objects; telescopes for stargazing if the weather is clear, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-12-11T19:17:11Z She’s so fat — let me put it this way: I have heard some astronomers say That Your Mama’s great girth Makes some parts of the Earth Have a total eclipse every day. Style Invitational Week 1244: Primed for creative Amazon product reviews 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z SAT Astronomer Steve Ruhl describes a planet of fire and ice; if the sky is clear, astronomers will be on hand with telescopes for stargazing, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-02-06T22:19:01Z His students included Francis Bacon, promoter of the "scientific method", and the astronomer Thomas Diggs, who believed the universe to be infinite. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z The astronomer was in mid-flow when a bluebottle flew into his mouth. Sir Patrick Moore: the eccentric amateur who became a TV star 2012-12-09T20:31:32Z Columbia University astronomy professor Joseph Patterson, an early mentor, says that “a lot of astronomers are jealous of Neil because of his tremendous visibility.” Star talker: Neil deGrasse Tyson on fame, education and tweets 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Albarn wants to put the record straight and in his opera, in which he also performs, he explores both Dee's painful vulnerability and the astronomer's prescience. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z Sir Patrick Moore with the Queen guitarist Brian May, who called the astronomer a 'dear friend and kind of father figure'. Patrick Moore tributes pour in after astronomer dies aged 89 2012-12-09T14:03:07Z Increasingly, would-be astronomers and stargazers are getting in on the act, too, drawn by the region’s famously clear night skies and a host of charms equally evident by daylight. In Chile’s Elqui Valley, Intergalactic Sightseeing Is the Star 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z One man he met said bitterly: "And his father was the most famous Estonian astronomer in Northern Ireland!" Simon Hoggart's week: festival folks flip between jokes and soaks 2011-08-19T20:00:00Z There are several methods, and astronomers are telling people to be creative. Next month, you can see what is being called the astronomical event of the decade 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z He invited the audience to imagine themselves as moles, crawling in through the cat flap of a domestic semi to spy on an astronomer who is standing in the kitchen admiring his own observatory. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z In the aftermath, the two young men are shocked to learn that the astronomer, a confirmed bachelor, had married just three months earlier. ‘The Rim of Morning’ review: Two supernatural novels by William Sloane 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And the conversation with Chris, the astronomer at the US Naval Observatory, offers a few crumbs of hope. The End of Night by Paul Bogard – review 2013-07-14T08:00:01Z Only, now, astronomers say our star’s gradual temperature rise will reach a lethal point sooner! How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Friday; if the sky is clear, astronomers will be on hand with telescopes for public star gazing afterward; kids’ program, noon-4 p.m., Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z In Boneland, time has moved on and Colin has grown up to become an astronomer, searching for his missing sister among the stars and out on the Edge; he cannot remember anything of his childhood. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z Its existence was revealed, not through a serendipitous observation by an astronomer but by the careful work of mathematicians. Neptune's first orbit: a turning point in astronomy 2011-07-09T23:06:13Z Founder Pauline Weger, 57, lives in Fairfax, Va. One of her favorite quotes is, “The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing,” by astronomer Maria Mitchell. She started a company focusing on quotes from women. What does she have to say? 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z He means Giordano Bruno, an astronomer and philosopher executed in 1600 by the Inquisition for heretical beliefs. Galileo reaches for the stars 2012-09-26T15:02:28Z “It is a unique resource,” says Brian Jackson, an associate professor and astronomer at nearby Boise State University. For the best stargazing, head to a patch of dark sky 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The southern hemisphere, not yet in 1515 mapped by astronomers, is almost empty in the prints. World's oldest star charts up for auction 2011-03-21T16:33:01Z Lick was built in 1888, and is still home to 100 astronomers searching the cosmos. In Silicon Valley, dropping in at the GooglePlex, tech museums and the Jobs garage 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z As any astronomer will tell you, a star is a known quantity, a predictable brand of combustion. Up Close: Joey Arias of ?Arias With a Twist? 2011-10-05T21:27:42Z Held in conjunction with a new exhibition of the same title, “Jews in Space” will send young participants on a gallerywide scavenger hunt to discover contributions from astronomers and astronauts. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z With knowledge gained from the wartime development of radar, astronomers in the 1940s moved for the first time to view the cosmos outside the realm of visible light. Black and light 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The significance of Leavitt’s work, as an example, can be recognized in the results of a more publicly acclaimed astronomer. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z His setting is the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile, which is currently home to astronomers who use its extreme atmospheric conditions to study outer space. What’s on TV Monday: ‘CMA Best of the Fest’ and ‘Foodie Love’ 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z But scientists didn’t realize that a century ago, when astronomers like Edwin Hubble and Henrietta Leavitt discerned that other galaxies exist and that they’re hurtling away from the Milky Way at incredible speeds. When the Big Bang Was Just a Theory 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Saturday; Special Kids Shows, 5 and 6 p.m.; if the sky is clear, astronomers will be on hand with telescopes for public star gazing afterward, Ritchie Observatory, Battle Point Park, 11299 Arrow Point Drive N.E., Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z And from Carl Sagan’s original series, one more cautionary tale: the story of Hypatia of Alexandria, a philosopher, astronomer and mathematician who lived in fourth-century Egypt in the waning days of the Roman Empire. Cosmic terror: Why Neil deGrasse Tyson has religious fundamentalists so freaked 2014-03-27T11:50:00Z It was first created in a German lab in 1996 and named for the astronomer Copernicus. F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary 2012-08-13T21:03:11Z “A whole new way to explore the alien terrain in our solar system is now at our disposal,” Nottingham Trent University astronomer Daniel Brown said from England. Mini helicopter makes historic flight on Mars 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Great Wotans do not come along often: Wagnerites, among the most obsessive of opera buffs, await their appearances much as astronomers look forward to rare comets, or baseball fans long for record-breaking home-run sluggers. Michael Volle’s Opera Profile Is Rising 2014-03-26T14:04:25Z Maria Popova’s forthcoming book “Figuring” delves deep into the interconnected lives of several historical figures including Maria Mitchell, America’s first professional woman astronomer. Dani Shapiro: By the Book 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It's no exaggeration to say that Patrick, in his tireless and ebullient communication of the magic of astronomy, inspired every British astronomer, amateur and professional, for half a century. Patrick Moore tributes pour in after astronomer dies aged 89 2012-12-09T14:03:07Z A film of an astronomer with a telescope calling the Coast Guard to report a sinking ship, with dialogue written by Mr. Mitchell. Kate Bush Returns to the Stage, and Her Fans Are There to Welcome Her 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Like an astronomer entranced by the night sky, Mr. Trost is in awe of his wife’s gifts. State of the Unions: From a Couple to Parents 2011-08-11T19:33:45Z It tracks the military uses of astronomers’ tools, expertise and observational methods for navigation, reconnaissance and communication. Neil deGrasse Tyson Explores the Symbiosis Between War and Astrophysics 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In 1961, the astronomer Frank Drake came up with an equation to estimate the abundance of communicative alien civilizations. UFO truthers want to make Roswell an issue for 2016. Meet their lobbyist. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The series – notably devoid of pink – includes an astronomer with a telescope, a paleontologist with a dinosaur skeleton and a chemist in a lab. Lego to launch female scientists series after online campaign 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z In 1999, the Ringelblum archives were assigned “Memory of the World” status by UNESCO, along with such Polish documents as the original manuscripts of composer Frederic Chopin and the treatises of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Memories in milk bottles: Polish exhibition 'shouts out' annihilation story of Warsaw Ghetto 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s named for Benjamin Banneker, an 18th century African American mathematician and astronomer and the subject of a poem by Rita Dove. The Big Cheeses From the Vineyard 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Brian Warner, emeritus professor of astronomy, University of Cape Town, writes: There are many individuals in successive generations of professional astronomers, who owe a great deal to the books and personal support of Patrick Moore. Sir Patrick Moore 2012-12-09T16:19:01Z Irked at astronomers who had demoted Pluto from its status as a planet, Mr. Prine wrote “Lonesome Friends of Science” by himself. ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’ Review: John Prine on Life’s Agonies and Absurdities 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z We meet Gaspar Galaz, a young astronomer who theorizes that the present doesn’t exist because of the time it takes for light to reach a viewer. | 'Nostalgia for the Light': Chile?s Past Is Present in the Desert 2011-03-17T21:58:19Z SAT Journey through space and time to look back at the infancy of the universe; if the sky is clear, astronomers provide telescopes for stargazing, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-05-05T19:33:17Z Annie Cannon catalogued hundreds of thousands of stars, in the process inventing a stellar classification system that is still in use by astronomers today. Looking at the stars 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The film's title is a reference to the 16th Century Italian priest, philosopher and astronomer who died when he refused to sign onto Vatican statements that the earth was the center of the universe. Emigre to U.S. documents extraordinary Russian lives 2010-06-25T18:23:00Z The proselytising atheists rounding on the astronomer royal, Sir Martin Rees, for accepting a £1m award from an idiosyncratic foundation fall into a similar trap. Martin Rees: Prize war 2011-04-07T23:05:06Z As early astronomers, the Maya devised various types of calendars by observing celestial movements. Maya exhibit in Philly seeks to dispel 2012 myths 2012-05-04T16:17:17Z However, the number of astronomers in the field rose fivefold this summer. In a Dark Sky park in Pennsylvania, reaching for the stars from a rooftop tent 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z His Open University team designed key instruments for the probe, which is named after the 17th-century Dutch astronomer Christopher Huygens who discovered Titan. Welcome to a new Eden ? two billion miles from Earth 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z “Everybody is a closet astronomer,” said Susan Rose, the president of the Amateur Observers’ Society and a former air traffic controller. No Red Carpet, but the Stars Are Out 2013-05-09T21:20:33Z Along the way, I wondered whether prehistoric artisans may not have developed the objective, discriminating eye long before the doctors and astronomers who populate the histories of ideas. Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Ancient Greeks, including Ptolemy, a renowned mapmaker and astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, created images that reflected increased knowledge of far-off lands. Review | A look at the maps that shaped our world 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z And this, in turn, has left some of his peers nonplused — grumbling at what they see as a flimsy theory or bewildered as to why Harvard’s top astronomer won’t shut up about aliens. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z These are called Baily’s beads, after the astronomer who first described them. Why I chase eclipses 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z He's even a bit of a science nerd, growing up on Carl Sagan's books and now overseeing "Cosmos: A Time-Space Odyssey," a follow-up to the late astronomer's documentary series about the nature of the universe. Is there anything Seth MacFarlane can't do? 2012-06-28T14:33:16Z He wouldn’t have told a young man coming out that: “You can never be an astronomer.” Gay-rights activists give their verdict on Stonewall: 'This film is no credit to the history it purports to portray' 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z SAT Astronomer Dave Fong explores the outer reaches of the solar system; if the sky is clear, astronomers provide telescopes, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-01-08T16:44:16Z “Part of it is that it tends to be drier in the winter,” said Diane Turnshek, an astronomer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ever wondered about the best time for stargazing? 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The petition to save the show was started by a group of amateur astronomers on , after it was reported in September that the future of the series was in doubt. The Sky at Night gets new slot 2013-10-30T12:49:16Z Outside, a plaque commemorates the spot where the astronomer Arthur Eddington came during a solar eclipse in May 1919 and took photographs that were the first experimental test to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity. The 52 Places Traveler: São Tomé and Príncipe, Where Nature has the Upper Hand 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Rounding out a Rabelaisian cast are the goddess Venus, the boozer Piet the Pot, a cross-dressing astronomer, his dominatrix wife, a petulant boy prince who sings in the range of a castrato and sundry others. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z The tour groups are small, with no more than 15 travelers, and are led by what the company calls “tutors” — guides who are also painters, photographers, chefs, writers, astronomers, surgeons, musicians and D.J.’s. In Transit Blog: Q&A: Guided Tours Through Europe 2011-09-27T14:53:18Z Admire the plaster hooters of various prominent Scandinavians: historic and modern day personalities such as the silver nose of Tycho Brahe, a 17th-century Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z “First light,” as astronomers call the moment when an observatory begins operations, is scheduled for 2024. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Later, as a professor at Vassar, Mitchell tells her students, America’s first class of women astronomers: “Mingle the starlight with your lives and you won’t be fretted by trifles.” Dani Shapiro: By the Book 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z This workshop for ages 8 through 13 will explore how astronomers study the planets and stars in a universe in constant motion. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Last year, LEGO, home of the popular, traditional sex role-friendly “Friends” line, introduced a limited edition science themed “Research Institute” kit with a female paleontologist, astronomer and chemist. It’ll take more than pink dinosaur shirts to fix sexism in STEM 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z After meeting a “prodigious young astronomer,” Aubrey urges Edmund Halley to study astrology. Finally, a biography of the man who invented biography 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Jake, as a future astronomer, is fascinated by Einstein's Constant, "a mathematical sleight of hand" that may have bearing on the rate at which galaxies are accelerating "beyond the horizon of observation." 'The Constant Heart': Beware the devotion of a complicated woman 2012-09-19T21:10:09Z Stuffed full of the correspondence and work of those who preceded him as Astronomer Royal, it also contains letters and papers of artisans, inventors, expeditionary astronomers and maritime explorers. Navigating 18th-century science: Board of Longitude archive digitised 2013-07-18T06:47:24Z The immensity of the universe is beautiful and humbling—the stars reminders of billions of lives spent, in astronomer Carl Sagan’s words, “on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.” The 12 Best Destinations for Stargazing 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The educational adventure begins at the resort with a lecture by an astronomer from the University of Arizona. T Magazine: Stargazing at the Miraval Resort 2013-01-29T14:00:26Z There was a horrific long pause, and three minutes later Stephen said in his iconic voice, ‘I’m an astronomer, not an astrologer.’ TIFF 2014: Eddie Redmayne's Stephen Hawking transformation 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The largest group of recipients this year were in the sciences, with nine awards going to range of people from a pediatric neurosurgeon to a physicist/astronomer. How to win one of the MacArthur Foundation's 'genius grants' 2012-10-02T15:35:54Z We spoke to Derrick Pitts, the chief astronomer and planetarium director at the Philadelphia science museum the Franklin Institute; he’s also been a guest of Stephen Colbert and and Craig Ferguson. “NASA has to be extraordinarily careful”: What happens now that we know there’s water on Mars 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “If it weren’t for scientists, astronomers,” I tried, “we’d all think the earth was flat.” Perspective | I’m dating a conspiracy theorist. But it feels like I’m the one going crazy. 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z Photograph: Duncan Clark/guardian.co.uk The giant sash windows of Oxford's spectacular Radcliffe Observatory were designed to provide astronomers the best possible view of the starry heavens. Will.i.am arrives by helicopter for flying visit to climate debate 2012-05-24T10:49:59Z At its heart is Keppler, an astronomer who loves the stars and his wife. Something Very Far Away – review 2012-06-10T14:11:57Z “Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us,” the astronomer Carl Sagan declared, waxing poetic in the opening scene of his documentary series “Cosmos,” one of the most spiritual expressions of science ever produced. Must Science Conflict With Spirituality? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z SAT Amazing images from the Hubble Space Telescope, if the sky is clear, astronomers share telescopes for star gazing afterward, 7:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z There are frequent lectures by astronomers and scientists, including, in December, Ice Worlds: A Tour of the Solar System’s Biggest Snowballs. 10 of the best things to do in Palm Springs, California 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Light-grey areas are mountainous highlands; the dark grey are long-dried-up lava beds called “seas” because early astronomers took them for actual seas. The secrets to stargazing from your backyard 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z For example: Margaret Landis, 30, is an astrophysicist who collects texts related to the cometary discoveries of Maria Mitchell, the first female astronomer in the United States. Meet the New Old Book Collectors 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z "Scientists in general, but astronomers in particular, love Frederic Church because he was such a careful observer of the sky," Olson said. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z “The astronomer and the live music made it a really good night,” she said. The Ghan expedition – exploring Australia's great 'in-between' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Two full-time chefs provide meals, and evening entertainment may include live music, massage services or guided stargazing with a visiting astronomer. Biking by Day, Luxury by Night 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Although the word “scientist” was not coined until 1833, many amateurs of means and leisure like Llewelyn — chemists, physicists, astronomers — contributed to the advancement of science in the early 19th century. Daguerreotypes Spur Book on John Dillwyn Llewelyn 2014-02-06T15:00:01Z The hypnotic ballad “Libration,” which explains the wobble of the moon as it waxes and wanes, has been fact-checked by two astronomers. The Scan: How Animals Think and Harmonic Stars 2014-03-31T21:22:13Z He was an amateur astronomer: he held no university degrees, and was never employed as a professional scientist, but his knowledge was deep and up to date. Sir Patrick Moore: the eccentric amateur who became a TV star 2012-12-09T20:31:32Z Last week, a team of astronomers at Peking University announced the discovery of a gigantic black hole with a mass equivalent to twelve billion suns. Liu Cixin Is China’s Answer to Arthur C. Clarke 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z I can make plenty of satisfying dishes, including proper omelets so exquisitely tasty and geometrically perfect that astronomers could use them to calibrate Hubble telescopes. The Oprah Winfrey Network's odd, splashy kick-off 2011-01-02T02:30:00Z This turns out to be every astronomer's answer to everything. TV review: Horizon: Seeing Stars; Safebreakers and Only Connect 2011-08-15T21:00:02Z The fluffiness of this exoplanet enables astronomers to look roughly 50 times deeper into its atmosphere compared to the depth of exploration achieved for a solar-system giant like Jupiter. James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Since their discovery in 2018, astronomers have speculated about what might drive such extreme explosions, which are far brighter than the violent ends massive stars typically experience, but fade in days instead of weeks. With unprecedented flares, stellar corpse shows signs of life 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z It's hoped the instrument will help astronomers understand what they call the dark universe. ESA Euclid telescope provides images of dark universe 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But what astronomers dub the “BOAT”—the brightest of all time—did more than provide a light show spanning the electromagnetic spectrum. Cosmic blast seared Earth’s atmosphere from 2 billion light-years away 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Such events are known as gamma ray bursts, and astronomers who have continued studying this one said it was the “brightest of all time.” A Supernova ‘Destroyed’ Some of Earth’s Ozone for a Few Minutes in 2022 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The team of European astronomers took full advantage of the remarkable fluffiness of this exoplanet, enabling them to look deep into its atmosphere. James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s a favorite among amateur astronomers; I’ve seen it myself from my backyard. See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But astronomers have long pondered the mechanisms responsible their formation. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z By measuring the shape and movement of galaxies as far as 10 billion light-years away, astronomers hope to learn more about the dark energy and matter that make up 95% of the universe. Shimmering galaxies revealed in new photos by European space telescope 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z “The ozone was partially depleted — was destroyed temporarily,” said Pietro Ubertini, an astronomer at the National Institute of Astrophysics in Rome who was involved in discovering the atmospheric event. A Supernova ‘Destroyed’ Some of Earth’s Ozone for a Few Minutes in 2022 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z While clouds have been inferred on other exoplanets, this marks the first instance where astronomers can definitively identify the chemical composition of these clouds. James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z These measurements, astronomers hope, may answer a fundamental question about the star that created this huge messy nebula nearly a millennium ago. See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Asteroids interest astronomers for a variety for reasons, not least of which is they can teach us much about how our solar system and its planets formed. NASA asteroid mission unveils a surprise moon orbiting Dinkinesh 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z That poetic phrase is what astronomers call the time just a few hundred million years after the big bang when the very first stars switched on, flooding the cosmos with light. Zoomable JWST Image Brings Far-Distant Galaxies to Your Fingertips 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Here, guests will spot a Society of Explorers and Adventurers banner hanging out of the daughter’s room, as well as correspondence in the space with the group’s astronomer. Ready to climb Disneyland's Adventureland Treehouse? 5 things to know (and a peek inside!) 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Computational astronomer Hongping Deng of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China focused on simulating the collision between Theia and proto-Earth and how the material would mix—or not mix—within Earth’s layers. 4.5 billion years ago, another planet crashed into Earth. We may have found its leftovers. 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The structure of the nebula could provide clues to this material or at least point toward where astronomers can look deeper. See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z If you’re an astronomer, for example, think about where your telescope is, she says. Should scientists include their race, gender, or other personal details in papers? 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “So we all did our best,” she says, with astronomers hustling to telescopes to learn more about the asteroid. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “By observing this more intensely we might resolve this question, and there is a community of observers who are studying this,” amateur astronomer and retired professor University of Arizona professor Eliot Herman told NBC News. A mysterious "devil comet" that looks like the Millennium Falcon will pass by Earth next spring 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z For more interstellar wonder from the indeed-quite-real James Webb Space Telescope, check out the 7 most spectacular images from the telescope's first year, and a hand-picked batch of one astronomer's personal favorite Webb photos. Fox News host Laura Ingraham learns James Webb Space Telescope is a thing 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Hundreds of years later, astronomers observing the sky in the constellation Taurus, noted what looked like a cloud of mist near the tip of one of the bull’s horns. See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The search for answers about the Crab Nebula's past continues as astronomers further analyze the Webb data and consult previous observations of the remnant taken by other telescopes. The Crab Nebula seen in new light by NASA's Webb 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z For starters, two astronomers had observed that a huge swath of the cosmos, a billion light-years or so across, was moving in a direction inconsistent with the general expansion of the universe. A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The presence of an infrared aurora on the cold, outer planet of Uranus has been confirmed for the first time by University of Leicester astronomers. Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Despite sounding like the climax of a Hollywood space opera, astronomers may have recently witnessed such an apocalyptic event. Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z When astronomer Vera C. Rubin was growing up, she built her own telescope to watch the night sky from her bedroom in Washington, D.C. “Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z This will mark Hubble's first look at emission lines from the Crab Nebula in over 20 years, and will enable astronomers to more accurately compare Webb and Hubble's findings. The Crab Nebula seen in new light by NASA's Webb 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z I am an astronomer who studies stars and planets – including those outside our solar system – and their motion in space. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z It requested automated follow-up observations for SN 2023tyk and by 7 October had reported the confirmed and classified supernova to the Transient Name Server, a clearinghouse for astronomers. News at a glance: An asteroid’s organic clues, China’s ethics rules, and collecting African genomes 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z More remote and circumstantial evidence abounds from studies of other planetary systems, but until now, astronomers had never seemingly seen one happen before their very eyes. Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z With the technology currently available, astronomers are constantly discovering new objects in the night sky, anything the size of a few feet across to objects as large as Pluto. “Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Burying the hatchet after years of competition, they joined forces to propose that NSF take a share in the two telescopes, giving publicly funded U.S. astronomers access. A giant European telescope rises as U.S. rivals await rescue 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The study of distant stars and planets helps astronomers like me understand why space is so dark. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Mars, crisscrossed by the ‘irrigation canals’ of astronomers’ imagination, was a seemingly barren wasteland. How Would We Know There’s Life on Earth? This Bold Experiment Found Out 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Stargazers and astronomers witnessed an annular solar eclipse in parts of the US, Central and South America. Watch: Skies darken during annular solar eclipse 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Colombia’s Tatacoa desert was playing host to astronomers helping a group of visually impaired people experience the eclipse through raised maps and temperature changes as the moon blots out the sun. ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “It really is going to happen,” says astronomer Richard Ellis of University College London. A giant European telescope rises as U.S. rivals await rescue 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z “We basically have no access to the core of anything,” says Katherine de Kleer, a planetary astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, who is not involved in the Psyche mission. NASA’s Psyche Mission Launches to Mysterious Metallic Asteroid 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Whether these vistas exist depends on whether the asteroid, a beguiling 220-kilometer-wide object discovered in 1852, really is the hunk of iron and nickel long assumed by astronomers. NASA launches spacecraft to a mysterious metal-rich asteroid 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Ruby Hilson, an amateur astronomer who lives nearby, described the first time she saw the illumination. Cause of 'Stranger Things' pink lights over Yorkshire town revealed 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z ASASSN-21qj is described as an "otherwise unexceptional" star, but thanks to a tip from an amateur astronomer, it was observed being obscured by two of its own planets as they demolished one another. Two giant planets collided and astronomers caught the explosion 1,800 light years away 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The international team of astronomers was formed after an enthusiast viewed the light curve of the star and noticed something strange. Researchers capture first-ever afterglow of huge planetary collision in outer space 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z One of the greatest strengths of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give astronomers detailed views of areas where new stars are being born. NASA's Webb captures an ethereal view of NGC 346 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Because of its unique circumstances and appearance, Abell 3827 is one of the best places astronomers can look for clues about what exactly dark matter actually is. Many-Mirrored Galaxies Deepen Dark Matter Mystery 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “Let me put it this way,” says Stacy McGaugh, an astronomer at Case Western Reserve University, who wasn’t involved in any of the recent studies. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z As they did so, they released a giant cloud of debris that ultimately managed to dim astronomers' ability to view the distant star, which is 1,800 light-years away from Earth. Two giant planets collided and astronomers caught the explosion 1,800 light years away 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The network of professional and amateur astronomers studied the star intensively including monitoring changes in the star's brightness over the next two years. Researchers capture first-ever afterglow of huge planetary collision in outer space 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Disney has said the revamp will take inspiration from the original “Swiss Family Robinson”-styled walk-through attraction, with multiple rooms and environments designed to inspire curiosity — a music room, for instance, or an astronomer’s loft. $50 tickets and everything else that's new at Disneyland this fall 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Scientists had long surmised that the Milky Way formed due to a galactic collision; the astronomers' work further underscores that hypothesis. Finding explanation for Milky Way's warp 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Last year the Gaia team released the space-based telescope’s most precise measurements yet, spurring astronomers to refresh their galaxy-spanning assessments of stellar behavior. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z This is the first time that astronomers have ever seen the aftermath of such a planetary collision. Two giant planets collided and astronomers caught the explosion 1,800 light years away 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The astronomers plan on watching closely what happens next in this system. Researchers capture first-ever afterglow of huge planetary collision in outer space 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z A couple years ago, astronomers made a surprising discovery: A significant number of asteroids were missing from the central region of the solar system. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Stargazers and astronomers alike will be treated to a spectacular celestial event this Saturday - an annular solar eclipse. Annular Solar eclipse 2023: Ring of fire to sweep Americas on Saturday 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z So astronomers have tended to assume that stars in the Milky Way behave much like those seen in other galaxies. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z This is the first time that astronomers have ever seen the aftermath of such a planetary collision, which came to their attention thanks to a tip from an amateur astronomer. Two giant planets collided and astronomers caught the explosion 1,800 light years away 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, this mysterious form of matter, that physicist and astronomers so far have not been able to detect, is assumed to make up an enormous part of what is out there. Pulsars may make dark matter glow 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Planet growth is so slow that it's not possible to watch the evolution as it happens, so astronomers observe many protostars at slightly different stages of planet formation to build up a theoretical understanding. Astronomers discover first step toward planet formation 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z On January 9 of that year astronomers announced the discovery of the very first exoplanets—worlds orbiting stars other than our own. The Sky Is Full of Stars—and Exoplanets, Too 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Such improvements allow astronomers to plot the paths of stars with greater accuracy and out to much farther distances than before. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But they became interested in MOND's more local effects after astronomers announced in 2016 that a handful of objects in the outer solar system showed orbital anomalies that could be explained by a ninth planet. Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z This is exactly what a team of physicists and astronomers have now done. Pulsars may make dark matter glow 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z For decades, astronomers have endeavored to forecast with confidence the fate of planetary systems, including our own, throughout the cosmos. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z It even made some astronomers question the standard model of cosmology. New James Webb data offers potential explanation for "impossible" galaxies at cosmic dawn 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At the University of Pennsylvania, astronomer Robyn Sanderson makes simulated Milky Ways on a computer and then imagines what sorts of maps a virtual Gaia satellite would see if placed inside them. The Milky Way May Be Missing a Trillion Suns’ Worth of Mass 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z While astronomers are often quick to distance themselves from astrology, there’s some overlap in the phenomena they observe. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Since 2021, astronomers have found hundreds of new objects in the Kuiper belt, a region beyond Neptune. Puzzling objects found far beyond Neptune hint at second Kuiper belt 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z For the former scenario, astronomers have been seeing signs of this demise in the atmospheres of white dwarfs: researchers have found such stars littered with the remnants of dead planets they likely swallowed. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Not all astronomers agree that New Horizons’ remaining Kuiper Belt investigations will be worthwhile, however. Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Gets a Reprieve from NASA 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z By night, astronomers kept watch at the best telescopes on Earth. The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “I don’t think it is the idea of applying the names, or popularizing this, that is the problem,” said Edwin Krupp, astronomer and longtime director of the Griffith Observatory. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z But once astronomers figured out how solar eclipses worked, they became events to be studied and celebrated. What is a solar eclipse—and when is the next one? 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In fact, astronomers believed the fate of any planet orbiting a star within its red giant radius was likely sealed. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Alan Stern, a planetary astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute, who leads the New Horizons mission, welcomed the decision. Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Gets a Reprieve from NASA 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Among those hires was Edwin Hubble, who arrived at the observatory as a staff astronomer in 1919. The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z And it turns out that the symmetry and the simplicity of the kilonovae enable the astronomers to deduce exactly how much light they emit. Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z To quantify its effects, professional and amateur astronomers embarked on an international observation campaign, ultimately spotting the satellite from locations in Chile, the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Morocco. Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In such cases, some of the foreground star’s planets can act as gravitational lenses and magnify the background star’s light in a way that allows astronomers to reconstruct a lensing world’s mass and orbit. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z But it is the JuMBOs that have caught the immediate attention of astronomers. James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z It was a Cepheid variable, a type of star beloved by astronomers because its luminosity and pulse length can be used to measure its distance from Earth. The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z We've known this ever since Edwin Hubble and other astronomers, some 100 years ago, measured the velocities of a number of surrounding galaxies. Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The International Astronomical Union, a group of professional astronomers, recommends that artificial satellites in low-Earth orbit have a maximum brightness of magnitude +7. Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Now more than 5,000 have been discovered, which astronomers and astrobiologists can study in unprecedented detail. Why finding alien life in Universe is now 'only a matter of time' 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Using JWST's remarkable resolution and infrared sensitivity, the astronomers have added substantially to the information already mined by older telescopes, including Webb's direct predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Up here, astronomers first measured the Milky Way and discovered the universe was expanding. The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Earth is encircled by millions of pieces of trash, called "space junk," which orbit our planet and are the bane of astronomers' existence. Longest U.S. spaceflight record smashed thanks to space junk collision 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Many astronomers were caught by surprise in mid-2019, when SpaceX successfully launched 60 satellites, creating a ‘train of stars’ that glided through the night sky. Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. Why finding alien life in Universe is now 'only a matter of time' 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z This discrepancy could either imply that conditions in the early universe weren’t quite what astronomers have expected or that the structure is a chance alignment of galaxies masquerading as a BAO. Ho’oleilana, a Billion-Light-Year-Wide Bubble of Galaxies, Astounds Astronomers 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z That idea might seem like a nonstarter, as astronomers haven’t observed antimatter galaxies or knots of matter and antimatter explosively annihilating each other. Antimatter falls down, just like ordinary matter 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Humanity is slowly losing access to the night sky, and astronomers have invented a new term to describe the pain associated with this loss: “noctalgia,” meaning “sky grief.” The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z To avoid such a scenario, astronomers are working to find mutual solutions. Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z By analysing the central star's light after it has passed through the exoplanet's atmosphere during a transit, astronomers can see the unique fingerprint left behind by the molecules and atoms found within that atmosphere. New insights into the atmosphere and star of an exoplanet 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The astronomers found the gigantic void by chance while compiling a catalog of 55,877 galaxies, which they mapped to reveal patterns in their spacing. ‘Fossilized’ Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z However, astronomers have found that a significant fraction of these quasars appear very red, although the nature of these objects is still not well understood. Hidden supermassive black holes reveal their secrets through radio signals 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Given the harmful effects of light pollution, a pair of astronomers has coined a new term to help focus efforts to combat it. The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The study “shows us that there are no boundaries to satellite brightness,” says Patrick Seitzer, an emeritus astronomer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who was not involved in the study. Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The astronomers' key finding was just how significant stellar activity and contamination are when trying to determine the nature of an exoplanet. New insights into the atmosphere and star of an exoplanet 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired. Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z British astronomer Daniel Brown, who was not involved in the mission, said he expects “great things” from NASA’s largest sample return since the Apollo moon landings more than a half-century ago. NASA’s first asteroid samples retrieved after capsule lands in Utah desert 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Given the harmful effects of light pollution, a pair of astronomers has coined a new term to help focus efforts to combat it. The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Bennu piqued NASA’s interest, but it wasn’t until the asteroid returned in 2005 that astronomers got a good look at the spinning chunk of rock roughly the size of the Empire State Building. Asteroid sample returned to Earth is a time capsule of the ancient solar system 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z “It’s like getting a new telescope on line for an astronomer,” said Lauretta, adding that he hopes to submit the first paper reporting the mission’s science findings by year’s end. OSIRIS-REx's Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z However, astronomers previously considered that these types of galaxies were too fragile to exist in the early Universe when galaxy mergers were more common, destroying what we thought was their delicate shapes. Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like Galaxies in early Universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now able to peer so far back in time that we are approaching the epoch where we think that the first galaxies were created. Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z That represents Earth’s axial tilt, which astronomers call its obliquity, relative to the plane of its nearly circular orbit around the sun. The Equinox Is Not What You Think It Is 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The mission’s roots stretch back to 1999, when astronomers turned their telescopes to the asteroid belt, a collection of millions of rocks, small and large, that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid sample returned to Earth is a time capsule of the ancient solar system 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z “Look at our own ocean—it’s got lots of CO2 dissolved in it,” says Bonnie Buratti, a planetary astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hide Tantalizing Carbon in Mysterious Ocean 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The new discovery, published today in the Astrophysical Journal, finds that these 'disk' galaxies are ten times more common than what astronomers believed based on previous observations with the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like Galaxies in early Universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Across the sky, astronomers have found and exploited many similar relationships—ranging from the architectures of planetary systems to the clustering of galaxies—to gain a deeper understanding of the universe. JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z They are astronomers, geologists, former military personnel, mail carriers, medical professionals, FedEx employees, musicians, artists, analysts, lawyers and the owner of the Tetris Company. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z In his comments, the chair of the study team, astronomer David Spergel stated that the team had seen "no evidence to suggest that UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin." NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Ko Arimatsu, an astronomer at Kyoto University in Japan, received an intriguing email a couple of weeks ago: An amateur astronomer in his country had spotted a bright flash in Jupiter’s atmosphere. A Fireball Whacked Into Jupiter, and Astronomers Got It on Video 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Previously, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believed that galaxies had mostly irregular and peculiar structures that resemble mergers. Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like Galaxies in early Universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Before the first stars blazed to life, this unseen matter, which astronomers believe accounts for about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, clumped together in structures called dark matter halos. This is what the first stars looked like as they were being born 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z |
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