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Astronomy Jargon 101: Irregular Galaxies
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll feel a little odd after today’s topic: irregular galaxies! When it comes to galaxies, there are the beautiful striking spirals, with their glowing arms stretching for tens of thousands of lightyears. There are the proud and stately ellipticals, demanding respect for…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Giant Molecular Clouds
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be a source of inspiration from today’s topic: giant molecular clouds! They’re called “clouds” because like many things in the universe, they’re just diffuse clumps. The word “molecular” appears because they’re cold enough for their elements to bind up as molecules.…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Galactic Halo
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll wrap your head around today’s topic: galactic halo! When you look at a random galaxy, your eye is drawn to the disk. That’s not surprising, considering that the disk contains the vast majority of stars, and thereby gives off the most…
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Kyrie Irving’s return about winning, not politics: Nets owner Joe Tsai
Kyrie Irving’s return to the court — unvaccinated and part-time — is as seismic as it is controversial. The Nets aren’t naïve to that.Read original article here.Written by: Brian Lewis
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Miss America said she wants to be ‘incredibly opinionated’ about politics during her reign
Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America 2022 on Thursday.Miss America Organization Miss Alaska Emma Broyles won the 100th annual Miss America pageant on Thursday. She made history as the first Korean-American contestant to win the crown. Broyles told Insider it’s important to voice her political opinion. Miss America 2022 is looking to make her history-making…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Cosmic Strings
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll do a little dance about today’s topic: cosmic strings! What if I told you that there might be relics from the ancient universe roaming the cosmos? Demons from another age that could slice the Earth in two? No, it’s not the…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Dark Matter
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll feel mysterious about today’s topic: dark matter! Something funny is going on in the universe. Way back in the 1930’s astronomer Fritz Zwicky was studying the motions of galaxies inside the Coma galaxy cluster. He found that those galaxies were moving…
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Astronomers See a Star Crash Through the Planetary Disk of Another Star
What causes an otherwise unremarkable star to become over 100 times brighter? That’s a question astronomers have been pondering since 1936, when a star in Orion brightened from 16th magnitude to 8th magnitude in a single year. The star, named FU Ori, is still bright to this day. Astronomers have come up with different explanations…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Escape Velocity
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll finally get away with today’s topic: escape velocity! If you really want to get away for a vacation, you’re gonna have to work for it. Getting into space isn’t all that hard. Staying in space in a whole different ballgame. Never…
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39 emotional photos show Miss America winners being crowned through the years
Miss Alaska, Emma Broyles, is crowned Miss America 2022.Miss America Organization Miss Alaska, Emma Broyles, was crowned Miss America 2022 on December 16. It’s — understandably — an emotional moment when the winner is crowned. There are tears, laughter, and screaming, but it’s always heartwarming. 1940: Miss Philadelphia, Frances BurkePatricia Donnelly, Miss America 1939, crowns…