In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The building that was new in the 1920s, replacing one from the 1880s, was demolished about four decades later when the ...

A hundred years ago ... also produced a catalog of over 100 prominent nebulae in 1781. Messier was interested in comets, so his list was a set of fuzzy objects that might be mistaken for comets.

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The original Wiggenhall Bridge was located in a rural setting in the early 20th century. (Image: Watford Museum) The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “This scene of Wiggenhall ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...