This image provided by NSF’s NOIRLab shows the trails of stars above Kitt Peak National Observatory, where a telescope is mapping the universe to study [more…]
The Crab Nebula, the result of a bright supernova explosion seen by Chinese and other astronomers in the year 1054, 6,500 light-years from Earth, is [more…]
A composite image of the Bullet Cluster, formed after the collision of two large clusters of galaxies. Most of the matter in the clusters (blue) [more…]
“It is difficult to make predictions,” goes the Danish quip, “especially about the future”. Fortunately for cosmologists, this isn’t quite the case. They need only [more…]
Supernova remnant SNR 0454-67.2 is likely the result of a Type Ia supernova explosion. In the late 1990s, scientists studied the light from such supernovae [more…]
Say you have a friend who asserts that they can smell water. You are sceptical, yet also curious. To test their claim, you fill up [more…]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Euclid space telescope lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Saturday, July 1, 2023. | [more…]
An artist’s concept shows the Euclid space telescope, built by the European Space Agency (ESA) that is set to be launched by a SpaceX Falcon [more…]
