Astronomy - Science News
6 days ago · Astronomy This is the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy The first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star looks different than expected and might give a view of what stars look like ...
Astronomy - National Air and Space Museum
2 days ago · Astronomy is a branch of science that researches everything in the universe beyond our Earth's atmosphere. This includes things like other planets in our solar system, moons, stars, and even distant galaxies and black h
Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th …
Oct 30, 2024 · Valleriani and colleagues used AI to examine a digitized collection of 359 astronomy textbooks published from 1472, less than 20 years after the first printing of the Gutenberg Bible, to 1650 (SN ...
Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sunlike star for the first time
Dec 6, 2024 · BOSTON — For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a star like the sun. This bubble of hot gas is blown by a star’s stellar wind, a constant stream of ...
Space Science - National Air and Space Museum
Space science—science performed from vehicles that travel into Earth's upper atmosphere or beyond—covers a broad range of disciplines, from meteorology and geology, to lunar, solar, and planetary science, to astronomy and astrophysics, to the life sciences.
Events | National Air and Space Museum
Topics: Astronomy Society and Culture People Sun Astronomy Program Observe the Sun National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, weather permitting. Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.
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Soar Together Family Activities: Cultural Astronomy
5 days ago · Online Story Time. Friday, January 10, 2025 from 10 -10:45 am. Listen to the story How Raven Stole the Sun.This is a story told by the Tlingit people of Pacific Northwest North America to explain how the sun, moon, and stars came to be.
Cosmology - Science News
Jan 2, 2025 · Astronomy Planetary Science Cosmology Recent posts in Space. Planetary Science Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a kiss By Lisa Grossman January 6, 2025. Space NASA’s Parker Solar ...
Discovering our Universe | National Air and Space Museum
Jun 20, 2024 · The Museum’s collection of astronomy and space science artifacts will serve as a launch point to tell stories about people who changed our understanding of the universe. In the 18th century, William Herschel built ever-larger telescopes (including his original 20-foot telescope that will be on display in the new gallery) in hopes of seeing ...