pomarede, 9 months ago

Science Magazine Astronomy Covers - 2014

How far are these stars? Precise interferometry settles the question for the Pleiades.

Featuring a photography by Roberto Colombari.

https://www.science.org/toc/science/345/6200

#universe #stars #pleiades #starcluster #astrophotography #photography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #magazine #sciencemagazine #cover #covers #sciencecovers #research #interferometry

pomarede, 9 months ago

Science Magazine astronomy covers appreciation post

The Cosmic Background Imager (2004)

Featuring the radio interferometer located on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, that observed the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation.

https://www.science.org/toc/science/306/5697

#cosmology #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #cmb #radiation #radiometer #interferometer #polarization #cbi #telescope #chajnantor #andes #chili #space #science #magazine #sciencemagazine #covers #research

pomarede, 2 months ago

Science Magazine astronomy covers

Eye on the Early Universe (1996)

📷 The open dome of the 10-meter Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, rotated during this time exposure, making it look transparent. Credits: R. Ressmeyer/Corbis

https://www.science.org/toc/science/272/5267

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #astrodon #MaunaKea #KeckObservatory #Hawaii #HawaiiBigIsland #Keck #telescope #observatory #science #magazine #sciencemagazine #cover #art #coverart #photography #research #STEM

pomarede, 18 days ago

Science Magazine astronomy covers

Object of desire - A castaway from ancient Mars (2014)

Featuring "Black Beauty", a 4.4 billion years old meteorite from Mars.

https://science.org/toc/science/346/6213

#Mars #BlackBeauty #meteroite #breccia #rock #rocks #pebbles #blueberries #Sahara #desert #science #magazine #sciencemag #ScienceMagazine #cover #covers #space #astronomy #astrodon