Recognized for their outstanding and invaluable service to the community and outreach efforts during the April 8th WVU Planetarium solar eclipse viewing event, Susie Paine and Jackson Taylor, were both awarded certificates of recognition from Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV).
Though many different forms of planetariums have existed for centuries, the modern planetarium as we know it today using advanced technology was first developed one hundred years ago.
A growing community of astronomers across the world, including several at WVU, are coming together as a group called “Astronomers for Planet Earth” to say, “There is no ‘Planet B.’ We must take care of Earth.”
Stargazing experiences are getting harder and harder to find due to light pollution. Light pollution is the effect of artificial lights on the nighttime sky. It lightens the whole background of the sky, drowning out the dimmest stars and making it more di
The new dataset shows clear evidence of a background of gravitational waves that comes from massive objects in other galaxies moving through spacetime.
Astronomers are finding that different types of galaxies are more prevalent at different times during the history of the Universe. Hot DOG galaxies, or “hot dust-obscured” galaxies, are a special type of quasar.
Ground-based astronomers already have to combat light pollution, atmospheric effects, and tight scheduling for telescope time on high-demand telescopes around the world. The reality of Starlink now brings a new problem.
