Washington, D.C.—A team of astronomers, including Carnegie’s Paul Butler, has combined new observations with existing data to reveal a solar system packed full of planets. The star Gliese 667C is orbited by between five and seven planets, the maximum number that could fit in stable, close orbits.
More than 10,000 asteroids and comets that can pass near Earth have now been discovered. The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was first detected on the night of June 18, 2013, by the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope, located on the 10,000-foot (convert) summit of the Haleakala crater on Maui. Managed by the University of Hawaii, the […]
Senator Mark Begich worked with the U.S. Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure it maintains the current policy that permits Canadian boats registered in the State of Alaska to continue to travel between U.S. ports without special restrictions
Russian President Vladimir Putin, while on a visit to Finland on Tuesday announced that Edward Snowden, wanted in the United States for disclosing secret government information, would not be turned over to U.S. authorities or extradited.