A trio of meteor showers sends flashes of light across our skies this month, and the first week will feature the largest and ...
Sunrise and sunset • Rises at 7:31 a.m. and sets at 5:59 p.m. on the 1st (daylight saving time) • Rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets ...
The Hubble Space Telescope was originally expected to last about 15 years in orbit, before its optical surfaces became too ...
November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...
Historically, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) was a subject of extensive debate, initially considered a "nebulous smear" and later central to the "island universe" hypothesis proposing its status as an ...
A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...
GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Sep 17, 2025 at 5:49 ...
The Andromeda galaxy in ultraviolet light as seen by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer space telescope. (Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech) When we look up at the night sky, most of us see stars, most of which ...
Astrophysicist Edwin Hubble was offered a staff position at the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1919 by the founder and director of the observatory, astrophysicist George Ellery Hale. Good timing for ...
GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Jul 16, 2025 at 11:30 ...
A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...