Deep Space Spotlight: the Large Magellanic Cloud
Photo: The Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO/VMC Survey The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite of the Milky Way, as well as one of…
A Cosmic Perspective
He went on: One way or another, everything comes to an end. It’s all over someday. That’s perhaps one of the most fascinating truths we…
View from Mars Hill: Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Photo: Prokhor Minin By Kevin Schindler The new year kicks off with a bang as the Quadrantid Meteor Shower makes its annual visit on January…
Deep Space Spotlight: Great Conjunction Edition | Iapetus, Saturn’s Yin and Yang
Photo: Two global images of Iapetus showing the extreme differences in brightness on its surface | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Iapetus is the 3rd largest of…
Lowell Scientists Help Characterize Second Known Minimoon
PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 Lowell Scientists Help Characterize Second Known Minimoon Flagstaff, AZ. – Astronomers using data collected with the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT)…
Deep Space Spotlight: NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula
Photo: A composite image of NGC 281 containing X-ray data in purple and infrared observations in red, green, and blue. | credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk…
Deep Space Spotlight: NGC 1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
Photo: NGC 1365, aka the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy | ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team NGC 1365 is an enormous, visually-stunning…
Deep Space Spotlight: NGC 2359, Thor’s Helmet Nebula
Photo: NGC 2359, aka Thor's Helmet Nebula, taken using broadband and narrowband filters | Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon Sky Center/University of Arizona NGC 2359, or…
How to View the Opposition of Mars | The Red Planet at its Biggest and Brightest
Photo: An artist's rendition of Mars in proximity to Earth | Getty Images Mars is reaching full opposition on October 13, 2020, when it will…
Michael West Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. So wrote the longtime…