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Is It the Eye of Sauron? No, It’s a Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

It’s “the first direct image of the gentle giant in the center of our galaxy,” according to astronomer Feryal Özel.

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Swirling Images of the Cosmos, as Seen From Earth

by Hakim Bishara August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

See the encapsulating images shortlisted for the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

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Ancient Antikythera Mechanism, the “World’s First Computer,” Is Reconstructed

by Sarah Rose Sharp April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

The device, which is thought to predict planets’ movement, was found in the sea in 1901, salvaged from a wrecked merchant ship.

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Rembrandt and van Gogh Masterpieces Inspire Names for a Planet and Star

by Monica Castillo December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

Two celestial bodies in the Andromeda constellation have been named “Night Watch” and “Starry Night.”

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Artist Trevor Paglen Is Not Convinced His Space Art Will Ruin Astronomical Research

by Zachary Small August 27, 2018

After raising nearly $76,000 to launch his artwork into space, Paglen is now facing concerted criticism from the science community that his sculpture could ruin their research for the two months it orbits Earth. The artist begs to differ.

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The Earliest Known Printed Illustrations of the Greek Constellations

by Claire Voon February 22, 2018

A rare first edition of the Poeticon Astronomicon, printed in Germany in 1492, is headed to auction at Swann.

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The History of One of the Oldest Astronomical Clocks in the World

by Elena Goukassian February 2, 2018March 3, 2018

While Prague’s famed clock is gone for repairs, we take a look at its history.

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The Early-20th-Century Painter Who Captured Solar Eclipses

by Allison Meier August 17, 2017August 19, 2017

In 1918, painter Howard Russell Butler precisely captured what the camera could not: the fiery colors of a solar eclipse.

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The First Known Depiction of the Cosmos Adorns a 3,600-Year-Old Disk

by Allison Meier March 1, 2017March 1, 2017

Discovered in 1999 in Germany, the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disk is recognized as the oldest known depiction of cosmic phenomena.

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Astronomers Attempt to Date Sappho’s “Midnight Poem” Using the Stars

by Carey Dunne June 2, 2016June 3, 2016

For centuries, scholars have mined the verse of Greek lyric poet Sappho, Plato’s “tenth Muse,” for clues about her life.

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Century-Old Glass Photographic Plate Reveals Earliest Evidence of an Exoplanet

by Allison Meier April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

The Carnegie Institution for Science announced this week that one researcher’s dive into a collection of glass photographic plates turned up an unexpected image from 1917 that indicates the presence of an exoplanetary system.

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Rediscovered Glass Plate Photographs Show the Skies 120 Years Ago

by Allison Meier January 14, 2016August 19, 2021

Over 150 glass plate photographs of the moon, stars, and solar eclipses were recently rediscovered in the basement of the the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) in Copenhagen.

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