Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The Universe is a vast and complex system. Trying to wrap your head around the distances involved can be quite the astronomical task. So, it can be useful to make analogies and scale models to help us ...

“Space is big,” wrote Douglas Adams, and he wasn’t kidding. Familiar units of distance, like miles and kilometers, quickly become too unwieldy to use in cosmic discussions. After all, we don’t say the ...

Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable “yardstick” for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted a blazing heat from a bright, lonely spiral galaxy called UGC 9391. But even though it lacks a companion, it serves as a guiding light for every astronomer who is ...

Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable "yardstick" for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could ...