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Imagine that you were able to interview Christopher Columbus about
Imagine that you were able to interview Christopher Columbus about his four voyages to the Americas. Then envisage further that you had access to all ...

From afar, Earth-like worlds appear as tiny points of light,
From afar, Earth-like worlds appear as tiny points of light, making it hard to imagine ever finding out much about them. The best we can do with teles...

March Astronomy Beat now available to ASP members! Creating
March Astronomy Beat now available to ASP members! Creating the Cosmos The process of creating scientific illustrations for announcements about ast...

This deep image shows the nebula (cyan) extending across 2 million
This deep image shows the nebula (cyan) extending across 2 million light-years that was discovered around the bright quasar UM287 (at the center of th...

June 30, 1908 In a remote part of Russia, a fireball was seen
June 30, 1908 In a remote part of Russia, a fireball was seen streaking across the daytime sky. Within moments, something exploded in the atmosphere a...

Herschel showed that some of the material in the inner spiral is
Herschel showed that some of the material in the inner spiral is moving incredibly quickly, at speeds of over 300 km/s (1 million km per hour), and mu...