Cosmic Optical Background (COB)
New Horizons Measures the Background Light of the Universe
Think about background radiation and most people immediately think of the cosmic background radiation and stories of pigeon excrement during…
3 months ago
The Universe is Brighter Than we Thought
At the edge of the Solar System, New Horizons has taken new light measurements of the cosmos to get a…
2 years ago
Away From the Light Pollution of the Inner Solar System, New Horizons was Able to see how Dark the Universe Really is
Just how dark is the universe, anyway? It's a pretty hard thing to measure when we're sitting this close to…
4 years ago
New Horizons Saw the Universe With Even Less Light Pollution than Hubble’s View
A new study based on New Horizons data has conducted the most accurate measurements of the Universe's background light to…
4 years ago
A Bored New Horizons Spacecraft Takes Part Time Job To Fill The Time
As it makes its way towards its next destination in the Kuiper Belt, the New Horizons probe has been given…
8 years ago