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11 Φεβ 2015 · Polaris: Also known as the North Star (as well as the Pole Star, Lodestar, and sometimes Guiding Star), Polaris is the 45th brightest star in the night sky. It is very close to the north...
8 Μαρ 2022 · From discovering planets to following comets, women all over the world play a crucial role in astronomy. While it's hard to pick the definitive list of women who have contributed to our...
27 Φεβ 2021 · Though women are underrepresented in astronomy, they've made some significant contributions to the field. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, a chemist and NASA astronaut, looks at Earth from the...
Background. Of the roughly 10,000 stars visible to the naked eye, only a few hundred have been given proper names in the history of astronomy. [a] Traditional astronomy tends to group stars into constellations or asterisms and give proper names to those, not to individual stars.
A clash among members of a famous galaxy quintet reveals an assortment of stars across a wide colour range, from young, blue stars to aging, red stars. This portrait of Stephan's Quintet, also known as the Hickson Compact Group 92, was taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
5 Ιαν 2022 · Natural Science. Eight Women Astronomers You Should Know. A guided tour of selected luminaries of astronomy, from Ancient Greece to today. Top Row: Hypatia, Andrea Ghez, Henrietta Leavitt, Mary Somerville. Bottom Row: Sara Seager, Emilie du Chatelet, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Caroline Herschel. via Wikimedia Commons. By: Sidney Perkowitz.
The Female Astronomers Who Captured the Stars. Edward Pickering and female staff — including Margaret Harwood, Arville Walker, Ida Woods, Florence Cushman, Annie Cannon and Evelyn Leland — circa 1911. In the late 19th century, astronomy was a growing field.
