Tag: July 2026
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Public Solar Observation at Kaleideum (Saturday, July 25)
FAS will hold a public solar observation at Kaleideum (120 West 3rd Street) on Saturday, July 25, from 12 noon to 2 pm. Solar telescopes…
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Images from The Euclid Telescope
Continuing a long line of space telescopes, ESA’s Euclid was launched in 2023 and began its science mission in 2024. It is positioned at the…
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The LHC is down, a look back at the Higgs, and Francois Englert passes away
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is down. But not forever. As the folks at Universe Today put it: “See You Later, Accelerator!” The LHC is…
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FAS Observatory Director Images 70 Caldwell Objects
FAS Observatory Director Dr. Bill Rankin has done it again. After imaging all the 109 objects in Messier’s catalog, he has captured images of 70…
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Another 10,000 Exoplanets?
Don’t look now, but astronomers might have found another 10,000 exoplanet candidates. These have not been confirmed, but if they are, the total number of…
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The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)
One of the more interesting summer deep-sky objects is the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888 / Caldwell 27). If you look closely it appears to be…