Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

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Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

Euclid’s final atlas will also contain deep-field regions similar to Hubble’s famous images of the darkest, farthest, oldest corners of space. The first year of cosmology data is scheduled ...

Understanding the life stories of the stars has been one of the great tasks of astronomy during the last hundred years, and astronomers ... PhotoView a photo of Rosette Nebula, by Rob Gendler.

By Eric Lipton First Images of the Sun’s Flares Released From ... embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter. The company completed a successful test flight of the most powerful rocket ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves ...

When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.

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A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

It will be yet another exciting week for skygazers as they will see the fourth and final supermoon of 2024. The moon will ...

By Kenneth Chang and Katrina Miller First Images of the Sun’s Flares Released ... embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter. The company completed a successful test flight of the most ...