Astronomers

The Biggest Digital Camera Ever Made: 6,600 Pounds and 3,200 Megapixels

The Biggest Digital Camera Ever Made: 6,600 Pounds and 3,200 Megapixels

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

In the early 1990s, a group of scientists had a dream: a new type of telescope that would push astronomy, astrophysics, and ...

Scientists Find Oceans Of Water On Planet Forming Star

Scientists Find Oceans Of Water On Planet Forming Star

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

HL Tauri is a part of one of the largest and closest star-forming regions to Earth. In a major breakthrough, scientists have ...

Astronomers call for the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds to be renamed amid claims their namesake has a ‘violent colonialist legacy’

Astronomers call for the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds to be renamed amid claims their namesake has a ‘violent colonialist legacy’

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

They are named after the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan He claimed to have discovered them during first circumnavigation of the world ...