When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...
Claire Chase, flutist for whom “Holy Liftoff” was written, appeared at the planetarium with the Multi-keyboard Ensemble for a ...
The planetarium will close after the last shows ... Oklahomans will get to see a realistic Milky Way with 8 million stars, 88 constellations, the sun, moon, and planets. Sherry Marshall, the ...
They published a paper in the May 2008 issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “The Collision Between the Milky Way and Andromeda.” (Admittedly, be wary of the term ...
In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used the newly invented telescope to show that the Milky Way was composed of a huge number of faint stars. For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the ...
Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1995. His research interests include star formation, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson has authored nine books, including his ...