by rmil2k | Dec 25, 2023 | News
Dr. Vera Rubin began observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory in 1963 at the 36-inch telescope. Credit: NOIRLab A century ago galaxies in our universe perplexed astronomers. Just a decade after the realization of what galaxies are, astronomers first noticed that...
by rmil2k | Dec 25, 2023 | News
String theory, like most revolutions, had humble origins. It started all the way back in the 1960’s as an attempt to understand the workings of the strong nuclear force, which had only recently been discovered. Quantum field theory, which had been used successfully to...
by rmil2k | Dec 25, 2023 | News
Science & Exploration 21/12/2023 1907 views 51 likes The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) spacecraft Einstein Probe is ready to launch in January 2024. Equipped with a new generation of X-ray instruments with high sensitivity and a very wide view, this mission...
by rmil2k | Dec 25, 2023 | News
This year saw planetary scientists add a number of exciting new worlds to our growing 5,000+ catalog of exoplanets. Among them are planets like we have never seen before. Here is a look back at some of the standout exoplanet discoveries of 2023.1. JWST Identifies...
by rmil2k | Dec 24, 2023 | News
Back to Article List From night-sky landscapes to deep-sky objects, the entrants to the second annual contest submitted a variety of stunning images. The Milky Way is reflected in the lake Stat Tso, located at in the mountain pass of Pensi La Pass in the Zanskar...
