by rmil2k | Dec 11, 2023 | News
One of the chief objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study the formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies in the Universe, which emerged more than 13 billion years ago. To this end, scientists must identify galaxies from different...
by rmil2k | Dec 11, 2023 | News
Applications 11/12/2023 217 views 6 likes The winning entry to a Europe-wide data visualisation contest was announced and showcased last week at COP28. The ‘Little Pictures’ competition challenged the continent’s creative talent to design compelling illustrations...
by rmil2k | Dec 11, 2023 | News
Life has found a home on Earth for around 4 billion years. That’s a significant fraction of the universe’s 13.77 billion-year history. Presumably, if life arose here, it could have appeared anywhere. And for sufficiently broad definitions of life, it might...
by rmil2k | Dec 11, 2023 | News
Travel southeast from Capella to capture Auriga’s targets. The chart at right zooms in on the Happy Face asterism. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Even though winter doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21, one glance at the current evening sky shows that it is on its...
by rmil2k | Dec 10, 2023 | News
Most of the times astronomers reported dramatic, cataclysmic events like neutron star mergers or the creation of a black hole; they are taking place light years away, typically in in another galaxy. While we can observe their destructive power through the light they...
