astronomy

Hubble Celebrates 34th Anniversary With a Spectacular View of the Little Dumbbell Nebula

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Astronomers celebrated the 34th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope by capturing an image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, 3400 light-years away. ...

The Lyrid meteor showers are peaking. How to see tonight in Iowa

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Coming to a sky near you: Lyrid meteor shower Here’s a few need to know facts about April’s Lyrid meteor shower. USA ...

How NASA fixed a problem on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles away

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Working from more than 15 billion miles away, NASA engineers have solved a computer problem aboard Voyager 1, allowing the probe to ...

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on April 21, April 22: What to know

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Lyrid meteor shower to peak on the night of Earth Day If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day, how ...

Eclipse watchers at Children’s Museum may have been exposed to measles

Health
Rachel Carter

How the anti-vax movement brought the measles back from near extinction Outbreaks across the U.S. have forced officials to declare emergencies. Why ...

NASA’s Fermi Sees No Gamma Rays From Nearby Supernova

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The 2023 observation of supernova SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel galaxy provided a unique chance to study cosmic ray production, but the ...

Here are the next 2 times Evansville will fall in the path of totality

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Dr. Sarah Adams

EVANSVILLE – If you missed Monday’s total solar eclipse over Evansville, don’t worry: It’ll happen again … in 129 years. According to ...

JWST Witnesses the Dawn of Starlight

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D) April 11, 2024 JWST shows details of a massive ...

Zombie Stars at the Milky Way’s Core Defy Time

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Northwestern University’s new research using simulations of 1,000 stars around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, reveals that high-speed stellar ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory slated for budget cuts after 25 years

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Black hole Sagittarius A* influencing galaxy creation Sagittarius A* is supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. unbranded – Newsworthy ...