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On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...

The Hubble Space Telescope revealed that the Andromeda Galaxy’s ecosystem differs from our Milky Way’s. This shows how these ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, which is located about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud ...

Hubbell's recent financial results have presented a mixed picture. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the company reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $4.10, which aligned with some analyst ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away. ESA/Hubble & NASA, C.

In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope supposedly captured an image that corresponded, according to rumors at the time, to a celestial city that many claimed was heaven. Experts were quick to debunk ...

Those already somewhat savvy with networking, fiber optics, or both may be surprised to hear that these speeds are even possible, but also that fiber optics were leaving this much potential on the ...