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The Vela explosion stands out as the most dramatic example, occurring when our planet was emerging from the last ice age around 13,000 years ago.

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other ...

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A team of scientists accidentally visualized a hidden spiral in the Oort Cloud, and it might change everything we know about ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show that opened to ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the ...

Scientists had long thought the Oort Cloud was shaped like a sphere or flattened shell, warped by the push and pull of other planets and the Milky Way itself. The planetarium show hinted that a more ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets ...