In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could ...

Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ... Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings Feb. 4 ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

The universe appears to be expanding at a staggering speed ... It is named in honor of astronomer Edwin Hubble, who discovered in 1929 that galaxies are moving away from us at a speed proportional to ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture ... Galactic collisions occur frequently in the universe, but the researchers highlight ...

In early 1920s astronomy, most researchers believed our Milky Way was the entire universe. They assumed those faint spiral ... for one of those smudges in order to test the theory. When Edwin Hubble ...

Nanokins offer thematic potential in the Star Trek universe, exploring communication, identity, and acceptance. While Section 31 fails to utilize Nanokins effectively, there is potential for them ...

Expanding Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills. EDE+ fosters a path toward a research ...