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Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
Live Science on MSN22h
Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...
NASA Solves Decades Old Mysteries Of Uranus After Deep Dive Into Voyager 2 Data
New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...
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When will greenhouse gas emissions finally peak? Could be soon
The long-awaited peak is a key milestone in the effort to limit how hot the planet will get. Studies show emissions ... it's ...
The Cool Down on MSN7h
Company unveils new system to deliver clean water and energy to crisis zones worldwide: 'We're seeing more wars and natural disasters'
"We're addressing three core needs in crisis situations — clean water, power, and mobility to distribute aid." Company ...
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Ambition or 'insanity'? Kier Starmer sets steep new UK green energy target
Goal unveiled at COP29 will require not just more wind and solar but massively accelerated deployment of electric vehicles, ...
Image Captures What Milky Way Looks Like From Australia, Stuns Internet
The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...
Science Daily23h
Three galactic 'red monsters' in the early Universe
Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...
Astronomers defy the zone of avoidance to find hundreds of new galaxies
There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...
The New York Times20h
New York
By Emma G. FitzsimmonsGrace Ashford and Winnie Hu The fire, in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey over the ...
The New York Times15h
New York Times - Top Stories
Matt Gaetz, a Bomb-Thrower for the Justice Department President-elect Trump’s pick to be attorney general has set a new bar for in-your-face nominations. 3 min read Senate Republicans Alarmed by ...