Alan Robert Whitney ’66, SM ’67, PhD ’74, a longtime research scientist at the MIT Haystack Observatory who also served its associate director and interim director, died on Sept. 28 at age 81.
Whitney was a key…
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Orionids Meteor Shower: The Dazzling Light Show Peaks Over the Next Day
The cosmic light show of the Orionids meteor shower is peaking over the next day during the new moon, making it easier to see. You can spot meteors now through the beginning of November.
When Earth moves through the long, debris-strewn tails of…
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Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 3370
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a new image of the nearly face-on spiral galaxy NGC 3370.
This Hubble image shows NGC 3370, a spiral galaxy some 90 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image…
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