How human 'computers' Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy
In the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention the societal norms of the time, to revolutionize astronomy.
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In the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention the societal norms of the time, to revolutionize astronomy.
The story of how it took 150 years of exploration to fill the skies of the Southern Hemisphere with 26 new constellations.
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new star cluster (SC) as part of the DECam Local Volume Exploration (DELVE) survey. The newfound cluster, designated DELVE 6, is ultra-faint, metal-poor and is estimated to be about 9 billion years old. The finding was detailed in a paper published June 7 on the pre-print server arXiv.
The competition is run by the travel photography blog Capture the Atlas, which has revealed 25 gold-star-winning images, selected from more than 3,000 entries.
With its penetrating infrared gaze, JWST is revealing planets, stars, and more in a whole new way.