For astrophysicist Shrinivas Kulkarni, "The sky is so much richer and so much more imaginative than the imagination." 'Playing Around With Telescopes' To Explore Secrets Of The Universe Shrinivas ...

The next generation of telescopes, including the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is set to transform our understanding of the universe, probing deeper ...

This course provides laboratory exercises to illustrate the basic principles and measurement techniques of astronomy. SATISFIES: (1) SCL if taken in conjunction with PHYS.1110 and (2) Free Elective ...

Astrophysics is a tricky business. Even the closest stars are trillions of miles away, too far to explore them up close any time soon. So astronomers and physicists have to rely on observations they ...

Space may be the final frontier, but a new generation of smart telescopes is making it easier to immerse yourself in the stars and more exciting to watch the planets. Instead of just magnifying ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is ...

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The Green Bank Telescope, nestled in West Virginia, is the world’s largest steerable radio telescope, exploring the cosmos and uncovering mysteries like pulsars, gravitational waves, and ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning ...

July 1 (Reuters) - A European-built orbital satellite was launched to space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on the mysterious cosmic phenomena known as dark energy and dark ...

TOKYO — Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander. The launch of the HII-A rocket from Tanegashima ...