The Sun, our nearest celestial neighbor, is undeniably a star, not a planet, as centuries of astronomical observations have confirmed. However, the boundaries of celestial definitions are continually ...
Ernest Opik, an Estonian astronomer based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944, commenced research on the frequencies and speeds of meteors and comets in the 1920s. In 1932, Opik ...
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NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await. Carter Emmart, director of astro-visualization at the ...
An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance ...
The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the Milky Way," a show at New York City's Hayden Planetarium that spawned ...