In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is renamed the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in honor of the late Carnegie astronomer whose research confirmed the existence of dark matter. The Plant Cell Atlas ...

Evidence continued to mount, especially in the 1970s with the detection of the CMB. The term "Big Bang" was first used in the late 1940s by the astronomer Fred Hoyle — eventually, it caught on ...

One of the most captivating exhibits is the “Garden of Eden on Wheels.” This mobile home trailer has been transformed into a ...

In addition to the Specola at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, located on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, is operated by the Vatican Observatory Research Group in ...

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has expressed concerns over the illegal acquisition of lands surrounding the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) at Kuntunse, Ga West Municipality ...

When the powerful Square Kilometer Array Observatory - a massive network of interconnected radio astronomy telescopes that stretches from South Africa to Australia - becomes operational ...

Br. Guy Consolmagno and Christopher M. Graney reveal how Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholars, like Fr. Adam D. Hincks, ...

Accra, Jan. 29, GNA – The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has expressed concerns over the illegal acquisition of lands surrounding the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) at Kuntunse, Ga ...

Indian astronomer Dorje Angchuk has captured a mesmerizing time-lapse video showcasing Earth's rotation against the backdrop of the serene Ladakh landscape. The video, taken from the Indian ...