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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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JUL 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers regularly study pulsars because there is a lot about them we have yet to understand. On the other hand, one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A team of Chinese scientists succeeded in tests that distributed entangled paired photons over 1,200 kilometers, using t ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is constantly monitoring the Sun with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is an observation device built sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
In 2010 scientists drilled 1,500 feet into the seabed of the Dead Sea to retrieve cores of deposits that would give them ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s always a challenge trying to look for objects that are orbiting the moon with optical equipment because the M ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers regularly study pulsars because there is a lot about them we have yet to understand. On the other hand, one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A team of Chinese scientists succeeded in tests that distributed entangled paired photons over 1,200 kilometers, using t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid Meteor Shower is a well-known event that happens every year in October and November, and people generally lik
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but als
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is constantly monitoring the Sun with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is an observation device built sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In 2010 scientists drilled 1,500 feet into the seabed of the Dead Sea to retrieve cores of deposits that would give them
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s always a challenge trying to look for objects that are orbiting the moon with optical equipment because the M
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard