An artist’s impression of the Extremely Large Telescope — one of the projects supported in Astronet’s 2008 astronomy roadmap that...
Astronomy
Each night, the stars of the sky compete with thousands of satellites. The number of intruders is only growing as...
Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00103-3Fewer stars are visible worldwide now than a decade ago, according to measurements by...
Part of the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera.Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA,...
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There are 13 observatories on Maunakea, including the Gemini North telescope (right) and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (left).Credit: David Nunuk/Science Photo...
Santos-Lleo, M., Schartel, N., Tananbaum, H., Tucker, W. & Weisskopf, M. C. The first decade of science with Chandra and...
A thorough understanding of galaxy evolution depends in part on an accurate measurement of the abundance of metals in the...
Starlink satellites streak (vertically) across a time-lapse photo of the night sky near Carson National Forest, New Mexico.Credit: M. Lewinsky...
The James Webb Space Telescope — humanity’s biggest gamble yet in its quest to probe the Universe — soared into...