Aurora art teacher won an international NASA contest. Now his drawing is orbiting Earth in the International Space Station.
As part of NASA's International Art and Poetry Contest, Aurora art teacher Thad McCauley entered and later learned he won. His drawing orbiting Earth on the ISS with other winners from Taiwan, Chile, ...
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Peter Schumann at 90: “I’m a Papier-Mâché Revolutionary!”
The legendary founder of Bread and Puppet Theater is 90 years old and rising. In December I went to interview Peter Schumann in his home in Glover ...
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‘Balloons and flying robots’: NASA’s brand new strategy to explore Venus could be a game changer
Several missions are planned to enhance understanding of Venus. NASA’s VERITAS will map the planet using radar, while the DAVINCI mission will deploy a descent probe to study its atmosphere. The ...
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February 2025 Planet Parade: How to See Five Planets Align in the Sky
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn will align in February Mercury and Saturn will appear closest on February 24 Best viewing is at dusk with a clear west-southwest horizon ...
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Roving the red planet: New paper documents first Mars mission soil samples
A new paper released today documents ... Researchers use the rover’s wheels to make trenches allowing them to see below the planet’s surface. Science, engineering, and navigational cameras ...
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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
The planet, if it is indeed a planet, is one of the most massive ever detected around a small star. One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been ...
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Bright Planets, Bold Encounters: February’s Sky Comes Alive
or the Moon and a planet, are commonly called “conjunctions,” and we often use that term in this video series. However, most of the time, the technically correct term is an “appulse.” Conjunctions ...
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Crescent Moon and Venus light up the night sky
During February, there's the opportunity to see a planetary parade in the sky after dark, as six of the planets align to create a celestial spectacle. On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC ...
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Security News This Week: Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US
Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, and more. Meanwhile, security researchers at Wiz discovered that ...
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February Astronomy: All of the Planets of Our Solar System Make Appearances This Month—and Venus Is as Bright as It Ever Gets
The two faint outermost planets—Uranus, of magnitude 5.7, 8° southwest of the Pleiades cluster, and Neptune, of magnitude 7.9—can be spotted with optical aid. Uranus is easy for binoculars. For ...
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Brits have rare chance to spot six planets in spectacular night sky 'alignment'
For the dimmer planets, Uranus and Neptune, you may want to use a pair of binoculars or a small telescope to see those." A planetary parade is the astronomical term used to describe the close ...
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2025 Planet parade continues: How and when to see the planets align in the night sky
Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after ...