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Early James Webb Space Telescope findings star at key conference
Long-awaited data from the James Webb Space Telescope is now allowing astronomers to look further back in time and discover galaxies from the early universe. Results shared Monday (Jan. 9) at the 241st meeting of the American…
Sarah Kane, Amy Krimm, and Carson Eckhard: 2023 Marshall Scholars
Sarah Kane, Amy Krimm, and Carson Eckhard: 2023 Marshall Scholars
University of…
PAC looks back at 2022 and ahead to 2023
Dale Hachtel and Paul Levesque
Popular Astronomy Club
The Popular Astronomy Club has been part of this community since 1936, and we’re pleased to report that we’re still going strong.PAC had a highly…
New JWST Image Shows That Grand Spiral Galaxies had Already Formed 11 Billion Years ago
For the first time this week, photos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed that stellar bars were present in some galaxies as far back as 11 billion years ago. Stellar bars are a defining feature of about two-thirds of all…
The Origins of Binary Black Holes May Be Hidden in Their Spins, Study Suggests :
In a recent study published in Astronomy and Astrophysical Letters, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used various computer models to examine 69 confirmed binary black holes to help determine their…
Look Up! Celestial Events Happening Over Texas in January – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
INTERNATIONAL STATION FLY-BYS
The International Space Station will make numerous flybys across the North Texas sky this month. The ISS will appear as a fast-moving star across the night sky.
The…
Dazzling! New image unmasks a nebula to reveal hidden stars
A curtain lifted when the VISTA telescope in Cerro Paranal, Chile, looked at the Sh2-54 nebula in the Serpens constellation. Once-hidden stars come into view.Look up, and it’s easy to get lost. So skygazers have devised ways to make the…
Turning Einstein’s Imagination Into Reality
OzGrav, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery at Swinburne, has received an additional $35 million in funding to continue their groundbreaking research at the forefront of human…
Queen’s Brian May is now a knight
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Queen guitarist Brian May has received a knighthood in honor of his services to music and charity.
May, 75, was one of over 1,000 people honored…