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How a planetarium show discovered a spiral at the edge of our solar system
Space artists can sometimes stretch scientific data for a bigger visual bang. At New York's natural history museum, they ...
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Scientists Accidentally Discover Never-Before-Seen Solar System Structure during a Planetarium Show
The opening show projection showed the galaxy and the movement of celestial objects when they found something strange in the ...
Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time
For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other ...
Legal status revoked, flight attendant fraud, life as an amateur golfer: Catch up on the day’s stories
👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A man accused of falsely posing as a flight attendant so he could fly for free was convicted of fraud. Tiron Alexander claimed to have worked for seven different airlines ...
A Planetarium Show Sparked Astronomy’s New Spiral Oort Cloud Theory
A team of scientists accidentally visualized a hidden spiral in the Oort Cloud, and it might change everything we know about ...
Astronomy show accidentally reveals unseen structure in our solar system
An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...
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Accidental discovery spurs new look at our solar system
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show that opened to ...
An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workings
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the ...
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Potential discovery of new dwarf planet adds wrinkle to Planet Nine theory
“It’s possible that this object was first ejected to the Oort cloud, the most distant region in our solar system, which is home to many comets, and then sent back,” Cheng said. This ...