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An observatory is a location or structure used to study animals, geological, or astronomical changes. Observatories can be ground based, space based, or airborne.
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APR 23, 2018Videos
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the cosmos since the 90's, but it will soon be superseded by the James ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
It can be challenging to discern the contents of another planet’s atmosphere, especially those further away from E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
When you hear the phrase ‘solar tornado,’ do you think of a swirling column of strikingly-hot plasma on the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically, ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope has been a work in progress for what feels like nearly two decades now. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2018Technology
With the use of specialized satellites, companies and governments can keep careful tabs on emissions.Written By: Julia TraversMAR 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
You might feel inclined to believe that larger, denser galaxies rotate significantly more slowly than smaller, lighter o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is slated to become the most powerful space telescope ever built, but it’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 15, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
Given the Sun’s importance in our solar system, NASA spends a considerable amount of time studying it with the Sol ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2018Chemistry & Physics
André Maeder, an honorary professor and astrophysicist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has come up with a ra ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2018Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is slated to become the next major space observatory. It will succeed NASA's Hubbl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope has been NASA’s primary space observatory for years, but it will soon be superseded by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often use the Earth-based Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to study objects in space, but September’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
After sifting through oodles of astronomical data accumulated during three separate large area surveys, astronomers beli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
The heart of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now on the move once again after NASA opened the door on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar ...Written By: Daniel Duan
APR 23, 2018
Videos
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the cosmos since the 90's, but it will soon be superseded by the James
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It can be challenging to discern the contents of another planet’s atmosphere, especially those further away from E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When you hear the phrase ‘solar tornado,’ do you think of a swirling column of strikingly-hot plasma on the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope has been a work in progress for what feels like nearly two decades now.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2018
Technology
With the use of specialized satellites, companies and governments can keep careful tabs on emissions.
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
You might feel inclined to believe that larger, denser galaxies rotate significantly more slowly than smaller, lighter o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is slated to become the most powerful space telescope ever built, but it’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Given the Sun’s importance in our solar system, NASA spends a considerable amount of time studying it with the Sol
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
André Maeder, an honorary professor and astrophysicist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has come up with a ra
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2018
Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is slated to become the next major space observatory. It will succeed NASA's Hubbl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope has been NASA’s primary space observatory for years, but it will soon be superseded by
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often use the Earth-based Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to study objects in space, but September’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
After sifting through oodles of astronomical data accumulated during three separate large area surveys, astronomers beli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The heart of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now on the move once again after NASA opened the door on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan