NASA's PREFIRE CubeSats are now providing essential data on how the Arctic and Antarctic emit heat into space, helping to forecast the effects of climate change. This data is vital for understanding ...
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA ...
What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...