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Science Aug 14

How to spot the 6 planets visible in the early morning skies this month

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Science Jun 23

Trifid and Lagoon
First images of universe taken by largest digital camera ever shows colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies.

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Science Jun 18

PARLIAMENT HOUSE MOTHS
Meet the moths that map the stars to fly long distances

It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky for their odyssey, said study author David Dreyer with Lund University in Sweden.

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Science Jun 03

- UNDATED PHOTO - The Rose Center of Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in N..
Accidental discovery at New York planetarium unlocks secret into universe’s inner workings

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Science Jun 02

An illustration shows a stage in the potential merger between the Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy
Milky Way’s chance of colliding with Andromeda galaxy is less than previously thought, astronomers report

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies colliding is less than previously thought.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Apr 21

A green comet is fading fast after its trip around the sun

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

“We'll soon be left with just a dusty rubble pile.”…

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Apr 20

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Gaia space observatory bids farewell after a decade of mapping the stars

By John Yang, Harry Zahn

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is leaving behind a legacy of stunning discoveries that changed…

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Mar 20

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun this weekend, but don’t try to look for it

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

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Feb 08

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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth

By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life may have been scattered…

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Dec 22

Characters in Disney’s ‘Moana’ use the stars just like real Polynesian explorers. An astronomer explains how

By Christopher Palma, The Conversation

Polynesian navigators used the stars to sail across the ocean, Disney’s ‘Moana’ movies help those of us who have never sailed at night to understand the methods of celestial navigation.

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