One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Mapping 2 billion stars: How Gaia transformed our view of the Milky Way
Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, ...
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NASA releases jaw-dropping 2.5 billion pixel image that took 10 years to capture
The Hubble Space Telescope has used its sensitive instruments to create a mosaic image containing 2.5 billion of the Milky Way's closest neighbor.
Astrophysically-Elusive Phosphorus Is Key To All Life On Earth
Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space telescopes are needed to shed light on the issue.
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Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
This is understandable, given knowledge about the Earth’s tectonic plates was formed during a period when we also discovered fossil fuel reserves offshore from continental shelves. Most ...
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‘The Way Home’ Creators on Jacob’s Emotional Homecoming in Season 3 Premiere, Exploring the ’70s and That Mysterious Baby
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” the Season 3 premiere of Hallmark’s “The Way Home,” which streams on Hallmark+. “The Way Home” is back ...
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Carbon in our bodies likely left galaxy and came back on cosmic 'conveyer belt'
Life on Earth could not exist without carbon ... these atoms take a circuitous journey. They circle their galaxy of origin on giant currents that extend into intergalactic space.