Transients are a broad class of events, referring to observations where some measurable change occurs, typically in brightness, over relatively short timescales.
It is not quite understood why we are able to observe supermassive black holes (SMBHs) early in our universe’s history. Leading theories can be separated into two camps.
A group of astronomers based at the University of Arizona, Tucson have used NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes for a detailed look at the debris disk that surrounds Vega, spanning nearly 100 billion miles in di
I have been fascinated by the night sky since I ‘discovered’ Saturn with my 60mm refractor at the age of 10. An APOD-winning astrophotographer, I have been published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Magazine, and Space.com. As a NASA Solar System Ambassador, I have conducted thousands of public outreach programs and am a registered cruise ship speaker on astronomy and space science, as well as a Director of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. I frequently post astrophotography images, news, and tutorials on social media. My solar imaging and videos are particularly popular, and I have conducted extensive research on solar cameras and solar image processing techniques.