Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...
X-Ray Flares Turn Alien Worlds Into Cosmic Battlefields
Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...
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Space Sounds: Data Sonification
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Data Sonification: M16 (Eagle Nebula, "Pillars of Creation") Optical Only Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Data Sonification: M87 Smithsonian Astrophysical ...
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Dr. Kimberly Arcand
She has worked for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1998. Her current research includes sonification of spatial data, machine learning as applied ...
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The launch of this collection ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
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(1) Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants, and Some Mathematical Functions (2) Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
The larger volume of 318 pages is a revised edition of the famous Smithsonian tables, bearing on the title-page the name of Mr. F. E. Fowle, of the Astrophysical Observatory, as its compiler.
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
It consists of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The center's main facility is located between Concord Avenue and Garden Street, with its mailing ...