- Astronomy - National Air and Space Museum
Astronomy is a branch of science that researches everything in the universe beyond our Earth's atmosphere This includes things like other planets in our solar system, moons, stars, and even distant galaxies and black holes
- Astronomy | Science News
Astronomy Against the odds, a burbling lava planet retains an atmosphere The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to
- Solar System - National Air and Space Museum
The Solar System, located in the Milky Way Galaxy, is our celestial neighborhood Our Solar System consists of 8 planets, several dwarf planets, dozens of moons, and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids They are all bound by gravity to the Sun, which is the star at the center of the Solar System
- Who is the Man That Discovered the Universe? - National Air and Space . . .
The discovery led to the realization that the universe is expanding, and that it must have had a beginning: the Big Bang “Hubble is known as a titan in astronomy, especially American astronomy,” says Samantha Thompson, the Phoebe Waterman Haas Astronomy Curator at the National Air and Space Museum
- Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century
A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries
- Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope network
On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents
- Stargazing at the Udvar-Hazy Center - National Air and Space Museum
Join Museum staff and members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for a view of the night sky through our telescopes Stargazing will take place outside in the bus parking lot at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia Experienced people will help you to use different telescopes
- Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system
The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants
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