NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
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Gorham Street development drives parking, traffic questions
The former Hynes Tavern, located right off the Lowell Connector in the Back Central neighborhood, is the proposed site of a ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
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Water Distribution Near Moon’s South Pole Mapped Using NASA SOFIA Data
Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Aurora: How To See Northern Lights This Weekend
As the Earth is buffeted by a stream escaping from a hole in the sun, those in the northernmost states may be in for a treat.