The James Webb Space Telescope: more than spectacular! Prof. Dr. Uli Klein Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn Launched on Boxing Day 2021, the space telescope has not only met expectations...
No other medium provides such an impression of what exists in space as astrophotography. With modern detectors, even small telescopes can take images that could not be achieved 50 years ago with the largest telescopes...
There can be no great discoveries or progress as long as there is still one unhappy child on earth. Albert Einstein
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Last month, a star lit up in the Andromeda galaxy – a bright red nova. Red novae are a rare class of eruptive variable stars. This class of stars develops an intense red color during an eruption. It is believed that...
