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 ...
NASA celebrates Edwin Hubble’s discovery of a new universe
For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...
It’s ‘mind-blowing to see solar flares popping off the edge of the sun,’ says Almaguin Highlands man who helps international group
MacPhail’s interest in the night sky began when he heard President John F. Kennedy’s speech in 1962 that the United States would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. MacPhail’s parents ...
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A Rule of Thumb for Tapping Home Equity
Your equity equals your home's current value minus the amount you owe on it. You can borrow against this equity, preferably ...
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NASA Celebrates Hubble's Discovery of the Expanding Universe
Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe transformed cosmology, revealing countless galaxies and laying the ...
It's ‘mind-blowing to see solar flares popping off the edge of the sun'
During his younger days, MacPhail had five telescopes and was doing a lot of viewing from sunset to sunrise, getting by on ...
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Amateur astronomer Bob McPhail builds personal observatory in Emsdale
MacPhail’s hobby intensified when he and his wife moved to Armour Township in 1995 and bought a resort at Doe Lake. He built ...
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The Blaze Star Will Soon Explode After 80 Years of Waiting
T Coronae Borealis, the binary star that will potentially light up later this year, can be found right near the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky. (Credit: Jakob Weyde/Shutterstock).