Temperatures hit minus 20.6 atop Mount Washington Thursday morning
The air temperature at the summit of Mount Washington dropped to minus 20.6 degrees Thursday morning. Wind gusts exceeded 100 ...
Machine learning approach can enhance observatory's hunt for gravitational waves
Finding patterns and reducing noise in large, complex datasets generated by the gravitational wave-detecting LIGO facility ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is spewing lava once again
One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action. The Kilauea volcano at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is ...
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‘Up and Atom!’: Witness this month’s planetary parade at Crow Observatory
Over the past few weeks, articles and reports have been published about this month’s “planetary alignment.” This celestial event is at its peak this week, and can be seen from WashU’s Crow Observatory ...
VP Vance and his young family start fresh at official residence, promise to 'take good care of it'
JD Vance and his family have officially moved into the vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory — and they are ...
The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...