One of the primary responsibilities of a researcher, after conducting novel research, is to publish their findings. While this process is straightforward, it isn’t talked about very often outside of academia. Usually, after achieving research results, the researcher or team will decide on an academic journal they’d want to publish…

What is an eclipse? We experience two different types of eclipses, the solar and lunar eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the moon which is orbiting the Earth passes directly in front of the Sun, temporarily blocking the light coming from it completely. During a lunar eclipse, the light from the moon is blocked. But…

To understand the colour of the sky, we must first better understand how we see any object. Imagine shining a flashlight against a wall. You might have noticed this before, that while you can see the the brightness as the light hits the wall, you usually can’t see the beam…

What do you imagine when you think of an astronomer? Perhaps you picture someone spending most nights at an observatory, looking for a new discovery. Or maybe you think of a theorist, scribbling impressive equations across a blackboard, trying to find the latest theory of dark matter. Whatever the image…

On Christmas day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope launched successfully! With the media attention surrounding the recent launch of the telescope, many outside the astrophysics community may have recently heard of this project for the first time. If so, you may have heard stories of the numerous delays, rescheduling…