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At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

The event featured a space photography exhibition at Gallery Zoom, showcasing astronomical photographs by Bangladeshi astrophotographers Kabir Zami, Ferdous Ahmed Rafi, and Ahnaf Safin Islam ...

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The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

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The first total lunar eclipse of 2025 will occur on March 14, turning the Moon into a striking red Blood Moon, but ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...