Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
Tag: Stars and Galaxies
The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky
Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more.
Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.
Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time
For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.
Astronomers Get ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What They Thought
New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent result reinforces it.
‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea
It’s the most energetic particle of its kind ever discovered, and scientists have no idea where it came from.
A Solstice of the Soul
For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.
Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More
For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real.
Can Axions Save the Universe?
The hunt for dark matter is shifting from particles to waves named after a laundry detergent.
Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright
The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.