Live near Boston? Don’t miss the Cambridge Science Festival!
The Festival is more than a full week of activities to bring science to the general public, being held throughout the city of Cambridge. We’ll be there – will you?
What lives far outside the Small Magellanic Cloud?
The SMC is one of the best studied galaxies in the sky, but there is still plenty to learn from the stars far from its center.
All about bulges (and consequences for galaxy evolution)
Bulges are a familar feature of spiral galaxies, but bulges seem to come in many shapes and sizes. Studying bulges can provide clues for the role of galaxy mergers in the history of the universe.
Do galaxies line up?
If you see a bunch of galaxies together in a cluster, are their orientations and orbits random or do they align?
How to use SAO ds9 to examine astronomical images
The SAO ds9 image viewer is one of the most widely used tools in astronomy. Read more to learn the basics of ds9 and check out some of the advanced features.