Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences – and yet also one of the most modern ... The Max Planck astronomers also travel through the depths of space and time, investigating active galaxies and quasars ...

At that time, however, all comparisons were necessarily ... whose discoveries bid fair to constitute a veritable epoch in modern astronomy. Before taking up the details of this work, however ...

Visiting forgotten observatories is like stepping back in time. These restored astronomy temples, once nearly lost, now shine ...

Laboratory Match. Measured by the 180-million-mile voyage of the space craft Mariner II that took it within a scant 21,000 miles of Venus (TIME, Jan. 4, 1963), the telescope’s short as cent ...