Jake Kurlander is a graduate student at the UW school of astronomy who, along with UW research scientist Ari Heinze, built ...

Gravitational lensing, caused by massive objects bending light, is helping astronomers study distant galaxies, map dark matter, and probe cosmic evolution. Recent advances with telescopes like Euclid ...

A gravitational lens occurs when a dense galaxy cluster pulls in light from a distant galaxy that normally could not be ...

New simulations show that early ultraviolet light controlled whether ultra-faint dwarf galaxies could form stars.

During May, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will host an evening outreach event at Sinks Canyon State ...

In the paper from 2024, the team looked at long-period objects that crossed the path of Neptune's orbit, finding that their ...

More organizations than ever before are operating, financing and regulating activities in space. The question is whether all this activity is designed ...

加州大学圣克鲁兹分校的研究团队近期开发出一款名为Neo的人工智能算法，旨在提升地面望远镜所拍摄图像的质量。该算法通过消除大气湍流造成的模糊，使位于智利的薇拉·C·鲁宾天文台（Vera C. Rubin Observatory）所拍摄的图像清晰度，达到了与太空望远镜相媲美的水平。 这项创新技术不仅提高了图像分辨率，还显著加快了天文发现的进程。薇拉·C·鲁宾天文台坐落于智利安第斯山脉的高海拔地区，那里 ...

Scientists are on the edge of their seats as they analyze this remarkable new map, not only to better understand the fate of ...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only ...

If asked what proportion of the Solar System’s mass was in the Sun, some people would check a reliable source, while others ...