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November 29, 2022

Mars at Its Brightest, Winter Solstice, and More: Your Guide to the December 2022 Night Sky

December’s night sky brings us Mars at peak brilliance, a lunar occultation, and two meteor showers to look forward to, along with Winter Solstice heralding the first official day of winter (which is actually not weather-related). Of course, we can’t forget the December night sky event: North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will begin tracking […]

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fantastic winter meteor shower and the snow-capped mountains.

Scientists Develop Alternate Positioning System That’s “More Robust and Accurate Than GPS”

The Global Positioning System, widely known as GPS, is a free satellite-based service that people and industries use daily for myriad reasons, including for location services and to navigate the world. As of 2019, there were over 900 million GPS receivers in the United States alone, a number expected to increase annually. Now, through a

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Close-up on an African American couple using the GPS on a cell phone while driving a car.
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