Daily Archives: February 21, 2010

A binary pair of red stars, one giant one dwarf, has been discovered by a collaboration of astrophysicists from the University of Hertfordshire and The Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ultra-cool dwarfs are star-like objects, but with surface temperatures much cooler … Continue reading →

Residents of the southern United States and the Caribbean have seen it many times during the summer months — a whitish haze in the sky that seems to hang around for days. The resulting thin film of dust on their … Continue reading →