* Most UVA blacklights come in fluorescent form. A small amount of mercury added to the tube emits photons in the UV range, but a special coating makes it visible again. Enough light still gets ...

The "first page" of an incredible cosmic atlas being built by the Euclid Space Telescope has been released. The millions of ...

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large ...

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Using radio pulsars, WVU's Emmanuel Fonseca is pioneering the detection of gravitational waves, aiming to reveal insights ...

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Art with luminosity will be highlighted in the Black Light Nights Art show opening at the Tehama Arts Gallery Oct. 11- 22.

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The new evidence helps astronomers conclusively link two mysteries where there had previously only been hints of a connection.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Queen’s Univ. Belfast/M. Nicholl et al.; Optical/IR: PanSTARRS, NSF/Legacy Survey/SDSS; Illustration: Soheb ...

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