Researchers created a new astronomical instrument that has successfully aided in estimating the abundance of metals in the early universe. The WINERED instrument allows for better observations of ...

With the current health crisis hitting most aspects of people's lives, many have turned to new hobbies that suit social distancing and staying at home. Stargazing and amateur astronomy are two ...

Astronomy has always relied on optical instruments, from the early Galilean telescope to fiber-fed spectrographs, so much so that astronomy and modern optics are called astrophotonics. Since ...

Hillary Mathis helped construct one of the most unusual astronomical instruments ever conceived. She was still an undergraduate when she worked on a set of nine cartridges designed to hold circular ...

Did Jared Mansfield really establish the nation’s first astronomical lookout in Northside forty years before the founding of our magnificent Observatory? That depends. At the corner of Knowlton and ...

The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago measured ...

King Alfonso X "the Wise" (b. 1221) was a noted scholar who pioneered the translation of Arabic and Andalusian astronomical works into vernacular Castilian. His multicultural court was active in ...

SIR HOWARD GRUBB, PARSONS AND Co. have issued a catalogue of some of the astronomical equipment designed and manufactured by the Company. The photographs and illustrations are arranged in sections as ...

Researchers created a new astronomical instrument that has successfully aided in estimating the abundance of metals in the early universe. The WINERED instrument allows for better observations of ...