In the 19th and early 20th centuries, astronomers catalogued the universe on glass photographic plates. Astronomers still study these plates, which serve as record of the sky spanning almost 100 years ...
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. The moon in a collection of ...
Today, humanity's most advanced telescopes allow astronomers to peer far into the universe. NASA's newest and most powerful astronomical workhorse, the James Webb Space Telescope, has been delivering ...