What do astronomers do at an observatory?
Before using a research telescope, an astronomer submits a proposal detailing project goals and equipment needs for approval by a […]
Before using a research telescope, an astronomer submits a proposal detailing project goals and equipment needs for approval by a […]
According to Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, it is feasible in areas of intensely strong gravity to create “wormholes”
Stars aren’t visible during the sunlit hours of daytime because the light-scattering properties of our atmosphere spread sunlight across the
Almost all of the world’s finest ground-based observatories are located on mountains, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost,
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Astronomers have developed several techniques to indirectly measure the vast distances between Earth and the stars and galaxies. In many
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It depends on what exactly you think you see. If you believe you have discovered a new member of a
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Telescopes gather light in one of two ways. Reflecting telescopes focus light with a series of mirrors, while refracting telescopes
While Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is certainly the most famous observatory in space, it is by no means the only
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Maps of the stars are nearly as ancient as human culture itself; inscriptions describing the positions of stars and constellations
Observatories, like so much of astronomy, are truly ancient features of human culture; retracing the steps of the first person