12 fascinating facts about Galileo Galilei
[ad_1] As a founding father in the fields of physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is known for countless contributions to
Read More[ad_1] As a founding father in the fields of physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is known for countless contributions to
Read More[ad_1] The innermost-lying planet Mercury offers it’s best showing of the year in the pre-dawn sky for the rest of
Read More[ad_1] The Sun on 24 October, showing sunspot AR2887 near the Sun’s south-eastern limb. Image: SDO/HMI. A major new sunspot
Read More[ad_1] In a 2010 microlensing event, the light from a background star (bright star in center and right frames) was
Read More[ad_1] Venus is a brilliant and improving ‘evening star’ following greatest eastern elongation from the Sun on 29 October. The
Read More[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope peered into the cloudy heart of a dying star, revealing cobwebs of dust and sooty
Read More[ad_1] Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 3 October. Image: Rolando Ligustri. Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has become one of the best-known of all the
Read More[ad_1] A cut-away view of the Hubble Space Telescope showing its instruments grouped behind the primary mirror. A glitch in
Read More[ad_1] Every year, the holiday season is the perfect time to deepen one’s love of the cosmos. It’s also a
Read More[ad_1] N44, a 1,000-lightyear-wide emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, features an intriguing void, or superbubble, where hydrogen gas
Read More[ad_1] Uranus, the remote seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest planet overall, comes to opposition on the night
Read More[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope. Image: NASA NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations
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