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Tag: Telescopes and Observatories

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Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024Katrina Miller and Delger ErdenesanaaComments Off on Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.

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A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong

Scientists may have discovered a major flaw in their understanding of that mysterious cosmic force. That could be good news for the fate of the universe.

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Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling

March 19, 2024March 20, 2024Katrina MillerComments Off on Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling

He broke barriers as the first Black physicist in nearly every role. But his identity made him reach for dreams beyond his career as a scientist.

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Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream

The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.”

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Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests

January 5, 2024January 8, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests

Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?

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How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air

December 24, 2023December 25, 2023DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air

Black holes were thought to arise from the collapse of dead stars. But a Webb telescope image showing the early universe hints at an alternative pathway.

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A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky

October 2, 2023October 3, 2023Becky FerreiraComments Off on A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky

Astronomers warn that BlueWalker 3, a test spacecraft with a large array of antennas, could be the first of many larger satellites in low-Earth orbit that interfere with astronomical observations.

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Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began

September 4, 2023September 5, 2023Dennis Overbye and Hiroko MasuikeComments Off on Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began

A half-century ago, a radio telescope in Holmdel, N.J., sent two astronomers 13.8 billion years back in time — and opened a cosmic window that scientists have been peering through ever since.

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What Is That Question Mark in Space? Here’s What We Know — and Don’t Know

August 18, 2023DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on What Is That Question Mark in Space? Here’s What We Know — and Don’t Know

Close scrutiny of a recent image from the Webb Space Telescope revealed some questionable punctuation.

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The Biggest Explosion in the Cosmos Just Keeps Going

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on The Biggest Explosion in the Cosmos Just Keeps Going

For three years, telescopes have monitored “one of the most luminous” events ever: a supermassive black hole consuming a gigantic cloud of interstellar gas.

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