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A history of early science in northern Europe doesn’t sound like the most glamorous of topics. But Violet Moller brings this ...
Something to look forward to: The proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope would not replace the full spectrum of research conducted by Earth-based radio observatories, but it does represents a vital ...
Four centuries ago, Johannes Kepler established three laws of planetary motion that accurately describe how planets in the solar system orbit the Sun. That might be enough for most; however, befitting ...
Learn more › If binoculars are the flip phone of sightseeing, this handheld telescope is the iPhone. One eye, one hand, and miles of crystal-clear viewing packed into a pocket-sized gadget.
Work on a $2.4bn telescope sited on top of a volcano in Hawaii is set to be abandoned after the body funding decided to prioritise other schemes and areas of research. Work on the Thirty Meter ...
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and face east. There, you’ll spot Venus, sometimes called Earth’s sister planet. You won’t ...
If the universe could not agree with itself, perhaps our best theory of the cosmos was wrong. Now, thanks to the power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the mystery of universe expansion may ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted MoM z14. It is the most distant galaxy ever seen. This galaxy existed 280 million years after the Big Bang. It redefines our view of galaxy formation.
The National Science Foundation, which was supposed to provide much of the funding for TMT, opts to fund the Giant Magellan Telescope instead. This story has been updated with a statement from the ...
A man was arrested Friday near the Honolulu District Court for allegedly lunging at a woman with a knife. Honolulu police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing that left a man seriously ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - Construction of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea may not resume if the latest federal budget plan is approved by Congress. In its budget ...
When the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the sky on that day, it carried the Hubble Space Telescope in its payload bay, and the astronauts aboard deployed it into low-Earth orbit soon thereafter.