Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated scientists.

The first publication by Galileo Galilei has set a new auction record for the celebrated astronomer, selling for $1.5 million at Christie's.

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The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in a long time. For Big Picture enthusiasts like myself, such an ...

Object Details Author Land, Barbara Contents Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting ...

Last summer, leaders representing 11 global religions, from eastern faiths including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and ...

Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current structure of ...

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Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th ...

Rare earth metals power modern tech and clean energy, driving global trade shifts and geopolitical tension as new materials ...

Researchers have created an alloy that maintains its special ability to act as a sort of temperature-activated memory foam at ...

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the “Infinity” ...