Jan 13, 2025 · Astronomy A zombie star’s spiky filaments shed light on a 12th century supernova A 3-D map of the strange remains of a supernova seen in 1181 traces the odd tendrils of gas that jut out for ...

Oct 30, 2024 · Valleriani and colleagues used AI to examine a digitized collection of 359 astronomy textbooks published from 1472, less than 20 years after the first printing of the Gutenberg Bible, to 1650 (SN ...

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Jan 24, 2025 · Astronomy JWST’s hunt for distant galaxies keeps turning up surprises In its first year, the James Webb Space Telescope has found many galaxies from the early universe that are bigger, brighter ...

Feb 23, 2023 · Ken Croswell has a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University and is the author of eight books, including The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way and The Lives of Stars.

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Jan 24, 2025 · Planetary Science A first look at rocks from the lunar farside create a volcanic mystery Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but ...

Apr 24, 2020 · From the book Astronomy of To-Day, 1909. Curtis presented data supporting his view of a smaller Milky Way, citing various estimates of its diameter ranging from 10,000 light-years to 30,000 light ...

Jul 9, 2019 · Astronomy A cosmic ‘Platypus’ might link two astronomical mysteries By Lisa Grossman January 24, 2025. Essay Anthropology Ancient humans used the moon as a calendar in the sky. Cave art and ...

Aug 31, 2021 · A century ago, radio astronomy didn’t exist. But since the 1930s, it has uncovered cosmic secrets from planets next door and the faint glow of the universe’s beginnings.