If you’ve been involved in astronomy for any length of time, chances are you’ve encountered discussions on the value of amateur astrophotography. The fact is, astrophotography is a very large part of the science of astronomy.
Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief of astronomy. Because of her foundational role in conceiving, justifying and organizing the Hubble Space Telescope mission decades before it flew, Roman became widely known as the “Mother of Hubble.”
NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.
Our Big Bang could be just one region within an infinite, inflating multiverse. If we were born close to the cosmic edge, what would we see?
Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light and revealing features such as the “mane” of hazy, comet-shaped objects. Now Webb has captured a clearer, more detailed view of the Lion Nebula due to its high-resolution imaging.
Twilight is that magical time of day when a glow pervades the air, even though the sun is below the horizon. Earth’s atmosphere scatters the sun’s rays to create the colors of twilight.