On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "whirlpool galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or ...
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Oct. 13, 1773: The discovery of the Whirlpool Galaxy
On Oct. 13, 1773, Charles Messier spotted the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) for the first time. Writing of it a few months later, he ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a detailed image of NGC 6000, a barred spiral galaxy. It displays a yellow core of old ...
A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos. Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...
From the huge smoke plume seen from the LA wildfires to a new sweeping view of Earth, these space images will give you a new ...
The French company Vaonis is one of the leading manufacturers of smart telescopes, and the Vespera Pro is their premium model ...
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Unveiling the Andromeda Galaxy's true nature
Over the course of human history, perhaps no single object in the night sky has drawn more attention than the Andromeda Galaxy, which the 10th-century Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dubbed a ...
The first quarter moon is October 29th, so trick or treaters can be treated to a fine view of the waxing gibbous moon and ...
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Scientists are baffled by a rogue planet growing at a record rate of six BILLION tonnes per second
A young rogue planet 620 light-years from Earth has baffled scientists as it puts on a record-breaking 'growth spurt'.
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