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Discover the Cosmos: Voyage Model Solar System Installed on A-State Campus
10/19/2023 JONESBORO – Just in time for the total solar eclipse next April, Arkansas State University is announcing the installation of the Voyage Model Solar System on the campus. Voyage is funded by the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI), in partnership with Arkansas State University Museum. “The awe-inspiring exhibition will take visitors on an interplanetary journey…
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SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern will conduct research and experiment training in space aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity this November
image: Dr. Alan Stern, planetary scientist and associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Science Division, undergoes flight training aboard an F-104 jet in preparation for his November 2 flight aboard the Virgin Galactic commercial spacecraft VSS Unity on a suborbital space mission view more Credit: Starfighters, Inc. SAN ANTONIO — October 18, 2023…
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New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies
NGC 520 is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas. It is made of two disk galaxies that will eventually merge together to form one massive system. Credit: NSF/AURA/NOIRLab/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab); Acknowledgments: PI: J. Moustakas (Siena College); Image Processing: T.A. Rector…
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UCF Hosts Telescope Event for International Observe the Moon Night | University of Central Florida News
SpaceU is once again participating in an annual international — and planetary — event: International Observe the Moon Night, which promotes awareness of lunar science and exploration. As part of the annual event, UCF will host its own Observe the Moon Knight — providing free access to telescopes and space-related activities around the Reflecting Pond…
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Governor Phil Murphy
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Planets 101: What they are and how they form
Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. Credit: NASA. Since the dawn of human civilization, planets have captivated our collective imagination. These cosmic wanderers – sweeping across the night sky in breathtaking celestial choreography – continue to inspire astronomers and the average person alike. Thanks to their incredible diversity, from smoldering rocky worlds to gargantuan…
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Why Is Space So Dark Even Though The Universe Is Filled With Stars?
People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name – Olbers’ paradox. Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe. And many of those stars are as bright or even brighter than our sun. So, why isn’t space…
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Her Space, Her Time review: Trailblazing women astronomers
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, pictured around 1920 Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Her Space, Her TimeShohini Ghose (MIT Press) IT IS perhaps natural, when reading Her Space, Her Time: How trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe, to make comparisons with Hidden Figures. After all, the book’s marketing makes it clear that it was influenced by Margot Lee…
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The Sun: Facts, size, and fate of Earth’s blazing star
A composite image of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons. Gazing up at the clear blue sky, our eyes are often drawn to the Sun, that magnificent burning orb that illuminates our days, warms our planet, and supports the growth of our food. But how much do we really know about our closest star? Astronomers have…
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Astronomers say new telescopes should take advantage of “Starship paradigm”
Enlarge / This slide from a presentation by Lee Feinberg, an engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, shows concepts for a space telescope fitting inside the volumes of a SpaceX Starship rocket and a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket. NASA/Lee Feinberg A consensus among leading American astronomers is that NASA’s next wave of great…
