Light-years make measuring astronomical distances much more manageable. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A light-year is a ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. A spectacular trio of merging galaxies in the constellation Boötes takes ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted a blazing heat from a bright, lonely spiral galaxy called UGC 9391. But even though it lacks a companion, it serves as a guiding light for every astronomer who is ...
Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable “yardstick” for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could ...
Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable "yardstick" for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could ...
Astronomical distances are best measured by trigonometric parallax — using the annual shift in star position caused by Earth's motion around the Sun to derive distance. Now James Miller-Jones of the ...