Space on MSN8d
James Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana
The Priority Mail 'Spiral Galaxy' and Priority Mail Express 'Star Cluster' stamps are now available in panes of four at post ...
Astronomy on MSN5d
The Sky This Week from January 31 to February 7: Watch the Pleiades disappear
Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...
The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...
Kew celebrates Peru with colourful orchid display
Sanchezia stenomacra, commonly known as the blood red feather, is at home in the jungles of Peru. It thrives in humid ...
Space on MSN13d
Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image)
Around 2015, astronomers took on the painstaking task of stitching together Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy, but that effort had focused on the galaxy's northern half. Still, however, the ...
Sky6d
Politics latest: Several councils given permission to raise taxes by more than maximum amount
It's no secret councils are strapped for cash, struggling to provide basic services while demand increases and running costs spiral ... And Reform UK has topped a Sky News-YouGov poll for the ...
Phys.org23d
Hubble reveals surprising spiral shape of galaxy hosting young jet
The night sky has always played ... hosting galaxy with spiral arms and a black hole that is more than 400 million times the mass of the sun—which is pretty big—plus young jets that weren ...