The globular cluster NGC 288 is about 28,700 light-years from Earth. The cluster of stars are gravitationally bound together, and the cluster is about 10.6 billion years old.
Not all tech needs to be a distraction.
Don't look up.
The observatory recently began its 10-year survey of the southern sky using the world's largest digital camera.
The otherwise invisible object revealed itself with a flash of light as it munched on its stellar dinner.
A Falcon 9 upper stage will slam into the Moon tonight. NASA, SpaceX, and other scientists hope to turn this spectacle into a scientific opportunity.
Scientists have long known that the Maya were great thinkers—and we may finally have at least one name to credit.
