Cosmic Videos
Human Space Flight: Its History, Challenges, and Future
Veteran astronauts Ellen Baker and Marsha Ivins share their experiences serving on several shuttle flights during their 30-plus-year NASA careers …
Correcting the Twinkle with Adaptive Optics
Temperature and pressure variations in the Earth’s atmosphere cause stars to appear to twinkle, and the images formed by all …
A Hilo Boy’s Journey of Becoming an Astronomer
Devin Chu is a postdoctoral researcher with the University of California at Los Angeles Galactic Center Group, working under the …
The Origin of Earth-Like Planets and Their Water
Earth’s extensive surface liquid water, which is unique among the terrestrial planets, is a key aspect of its suitability for …
Seven Years of High-Cadence Solar System Observations using the ‘Twilight Zone’
During morning twilight, as the sun begins to rise, the visible-wavelength sky rapidly becomes too bright to observe. The infrared …
A New Tool to Map Entire Galaxies
All the popular images of galaxies, while beautiful, do not provide adequate information for astronomers to measure the galaxies’ inherent …
Exploring the Pluto System and Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth with NASAʻs New Horizons
NASA’s New Horizons is the first spacecraft to successfully explore the Pluto System and a Kuiper Belt Object named Arrokoth, …
A Stretching Gas Cloud and Other Dusty Objects that Orbit Close to the Galactic Black Hole
The Supermassive Black Hole (SBH) at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a dense cluster of …
Shadow the Scientists – Research as a Spectator Sport
The Shadow the Scientists (StS) initiative out of UC Santa Cruz offers the opportunity for students anywhere in the world …
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