Images that created confusion as well as advanced knowledge are included to demonstrate the challenges faced by astronomers and the long road to understanding galaxies. By examining developments in ...

Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri met on Thursday in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or ...

In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...

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with first place going to an image of a dramatic landscape below the Milky Way. American photographer Brad Goldpaint won both the overall award, Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich in London runs the Astronomy Photography of the Year competition and called the image "astonishing". It also awarded two 14-year-old boys in Sichuan, China ...

The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, supported by Liberty Specialty Markets and in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine. There were ...

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A new approach to digital imaging promises to ramp up resolution, with potential applications in astronomy and remote sensing ...