All Astronomy resources
Journal Article
Career of the Month: Astronomer
Astronomers study objects that are outside of the Earth’s realm, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies. Chris Carilli is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the National Science Foundation’s Kar...
By Luba Vangelova
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Archive: Science Update: Space Telescope Discoveries of Today and Tomorrow, December 1, 2022
Astronomers have been launching space telescopes above the obscuring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere for decades. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has re-written textbooks and inspired the public with stunning images of the universe. In Jul...
Journal Article
By Stephen Kortenkamp, Jinseok Park, Tasnim Alshuli, Garrison Tsinajinie, Sanlyn Buxner, Irene Topor, and Sunggye Hong
Web Seminar
Archive Book Beat Live! Time to Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse Double-Header, August 17, 2022
NSTA’s two award-winning books, Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More, and When the Sun Goes Dark provide the perfect resources to help you and your students get ready for the next two solar eclipses coming to the U.S. ...
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Black holes are astrophysical objects with such strong gravity that nothing can escape them, not even light. In the past few years, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration produced the first images of two supermassive black holes using a netw...
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The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...
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Archive: Science Update: Unfold the Universe with NASA’s Webb Space Telescope, January 20, 2022
The Webb Space Telescope has launched! Come learn what’s generating the excitement about Webb, where it is now, and all the amazing new science that can be done with this revolutionary observatory! Webb will explore the first galaxies in the ...
