The Last Stargazer takes an intimate view of the world through telescopes
Emily Levesque's portrait of "delightful isolation" is astronomer-approved
A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation
What you need to know about this year’s winter solstice and the great conjunction
This cosmic phenomenon is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Meet Annie Jump Cannon, who cataloged and ranked over 300,000 stars by their hotness
A century later, her system is still used today
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Dark Matter makes up a quarter of our universe, but we still have no idea what it is
The discovery of the Higgs boson points us in the right direction, but we’re still feeling our way through the dark.
Searching for bird poop helped us understand the origins of the universe
How do you win a Nobel Prize? Persistence, patience and some very stubborn birds.