In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...

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New research from the University of Kansas untangles a decades-old astrophysical puzzle, showing how competing forces -- ...