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A Century Ago, Pioneering Astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Showed Us What Stars Are Made Of
The trailblazing Harvard scientist, who documented the dominance of hydrogen and helium in stars, is still inspiring ...
Scientists say dark energy may be evolving, not constant
A recent discovery could revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos: dark energy seems to evolve over time, with new data ...
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Vatican Observatory director to speak Monday at King, St. Anne's
King University's Institute for Faith & Culture’s spring series, “Think on These Things,” continues March 24 with Brother Guy ...
Presidential history: John Quincy Adams, the father of American astronomy
American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...
Deaf women fought for the right to vote
Despite harsh, discriminatory conditions, low pay and lack of appreciation, deaf women have fought with brilliance and ...
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Oxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy
Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, reported in two separate studies, was made possible thanks to the Atacama Large ...
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Shocking Dark Energy Findings Challenge the Standard Model of the Universe
A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn’t work the way we ...
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Distant Galaxy Yields Oxygen Discovery
Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, ...
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High-school student accidentally discovers black hole 'light echo' twice as wide as the Milky Way
While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It ...
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The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
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The Bolsonaro Coup Trial Is Next — Riding Trump's Wave Of Lies And Disinformation
As Brazil’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether Jair Bolsonaro led a coup attempt, the battle is playing out on the ...
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Lowell Observatory
This observatory was founded in 1894 by the Harvard-graduated mathematician Percival Lowell. Throughout the years, the observatory has been credited with making a handful of important findings.