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Explained: How Did Saturn Get Its Rings?
ExtremeTech· 7 hours agoNothing else in the Solar System is quite like Saturn. Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex, in a class of their own. Just after the turn of the 17th century ...
The Calif. observatory that changed how we think about the universe
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoNot only was the view world-altering, but it was also life-changing for Hubble, who became one of...
June's full Strawberry Moon arrives with summer solstice
CBS News· 4 days agoThe start of summer is bringing a full moon along with it. Astronomy fans can look up and see the...
Odysseus Lander Achieves “Dawn of Radio Astronomy From the Moon”
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoOdysseus, a lunar lander, successfully touched down near the Moon’s South Pole on February 22,...
The Decimal Point Is a Lot Older Than We Thought
My Modern Met· 2 days agoFor centuries, the earliest known use of the decimal point appeared in 1593, when the German mathematician Christopher Clavius wrote it in an astronomy...
U of A grad student helps explore cosmos for supernovae
Arizona Daily Star· 1 day agoOver the last year, DeCoursey and her team scoured images, obtained as part of the JWST Advanced...
Don’t Miss: Witness a “Once-in-a-Lifetime” Nova Explosion
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoThe red giant is a large sphere in shades of red, orange, and white, with the side facing the white...
Gyros and a degree: They just go together
Wisconsin State Journal· 13 hours agoAs a new college student at UW-Madison in 2006, the Black River Falls native was still adjusting to a world where people outnumbered cows when she met...
Look Out Hubble And Webb, Here Comes Roman
PhotonicsOnline· 6 days agoThe Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is set to launch by May 2027. Nancy Grace Roman, Ph.D., passed away in Germantown, MD, on December 25, 2018, after a long illness at 93. Roman was, according ...
How to see "once-in-a-lifetime" nova explosion over US skies
Newsweek· 7 hours agoT Coronae Borealis, also known as the "Blaze Star" or T CrB, is a binary star system located about...
