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Regions In Space: Scattered Disc

Regions In Space: Scattered Disc The Scattered Disc is a sparse, distant region of icy minor planets with highly eccentric and inclined orbits, serving as a source

Regions In Space: Kuiper Belt

Regions In Space: Kuiper Belt The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending from Neptune’s orbit at 30 AU to about 50 AU from the Sun. It contains

The Podcast Community

Hi fellow Hiveians, Today I wanted to introduce the newest community that I decided to start: The Podcast Parlor! My interests tend to vary.. but I think that's

Welcoming A New Chapter - Off To Another Pasture

I'm an open book on the other platform about my frustrations about not being hired as a public school teacher. Many times, I ranted about how some of my underqualified

Relaxing time 🥰

The beauty of Akami sometimes take a little rest of hunting Biggest Wyverns and massive Dragons just going to others World. (she is not turbo xd) Here it is an example

A quick look inside my mind 'Waves'

These last 7 months or so have been crazy for most people in the world. I've been having all kinds of different emotions during that time, ranging from anger, to

Nave espacial de la NASA envía imágenes de estrellas desde una posición diferente a como se ven en la Tierra

La misión New Horizons de la NASA tiene una vista única de las estrellas cercanas. Dicha misión ha enviado imágenes del cielo desde tan lejos que algunas

The Koko Coast Courier: May 8, 2020

Koko Coast appears to be taking off! Checking with Isabelle today revealed that the island has reached four stars- there’s always more to do and higher goals to

Been playing an ton of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

I finally brought some games for my Nintendo Switch and one of them was Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I've been playing it everyday and I'm really enjoying it.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Everything We Know

When I first learned that Nintendo was developing a new title in the Animal Crossing series, I was overjoyed. If you're like me, you've probably spent countless

New horizons game, want to play with me?

Finding the building blocks of life a billion miles beyond Pluto, by Michael Summers

Finding the building blocks of life a billion miles beyond #Pluto, by Michael Summers: #UltimaThule #KuiperBelt #NewHorizons

Newslink: A Gentle Kiss: How the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule Was Born

A surprisingly gentle merger between two small primordial bodies formed the distant object Ultima Thule, a new study suggests. These two progenitors themselves likely

Astronomy Day 2019 at C.M. Crockett Park

The 2019 Northern Virginia Astronomy Club #AstronomyDay at C.M. #Crockett Park featured lectures about the #NASA #ParkerSolarProbe by Phillip Hess, the NASA #NewHorizons

Newslink: Ultima Thule's Mystery Mounds Puzzle Scientists

Ultima Thule is lumpy, and scientists aren't sure why. Just after midnight on Jan. 1, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Ultima Thule, a small, frigid object

Newslink: NASA's New Horizons Reveals Geologic 'Frankenstein' That Formed Ultima Thule

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Less than three months after the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past a distant, cold space rock, scientists are beginning to piece together

Newslink: Best-Ever View of Distant Object Ultima Thule Reveals Weird Circles, Pits

The best-ever photos of Ultima Thule have made it down to Earth, and they heighten the intrigue about the frigid and faraway world.

Newslink: Ultima Thule Beyond Pluto Is Flat Like a Pancake (and Not a Space Snowman After All)

The final photos that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft snapped of Ultima Thule during the probe's epic Jan. 1 flyby reveal the distant object to be much flatter than

Newslink:After Ultima Thule Flyby, New Horizons Hits Pause on Data Dump

The New Horizons spacecraft fell silent Jan. 4, but the communications pause is expected, and scientists on the mission will have plenty of data to keep them busy

Newslink: The Hunt Is On for Moons Around Ultima Thule

The most distant celestial object ever explored may well have moons, and astronomers are trying hard to find them.