Tag: Telescope
Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but...
Olivia Harper Wilkins, Dickinson College
Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets,...
Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested...
Emma Marcucci, Smithsonian Institution
The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and...
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel...
Jarred Roberts, University of California, San Diego
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard,...
Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet – an astrophysicist...
Morgan MacLeod, Harvard University
For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of...
May 5, 2023, lunar eclipse will be a subtle show of...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
On May 5, 2023, people around the world will witness a a lunar eclipse...
Real shooting stars exist, but they aren’t the streaks you see...
Idan Ginsburg, Georgia State University
“I see thy glory like a shooting star.”
So says the Earl of Salisbury as he ruminates about the future...
Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It’s all happening at once, but...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours...
EXPLORING NATURE
Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback
Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee
Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...
