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Clackamas County firefighters responded to a house where a woman with mobility issues had fallen on an exterior ramp. Then they helped fix up the ramp.

On the hunt for new exoplanets A state-of-the-art instrument called NEID, from the Tohono O’odham word meaning ‘to see,’ has officially started its scientific mission: discovering new planets outside of the solar system. The NEID fiber feed mounted on the WIYN telescope obtained during commissioning of the instrument. This state-of-the-art spectrometer has officially started its scientific mission of discovering new exoplanets. (Image: NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/NSF/AURA) A powerful...

Giant comet found in outer solar system The discovery of the comet estimated to 100-200 kilometers across was made by Penn researchers following a comprehensive search of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the most distant comet ever discovered and possibly the largest seen in modern times. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (circled) is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It was discovered using images for the Dark Energy Su...

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A rare celestial treat on the winter solstice Four tips and takeaways from astronomer Cullen Blake on the upcoming alignment of Jupiter and Saturn and how to best catch a glimpse of the ‘great conjunction.’ Saturn (top) and Jupiter visible just after sunset at Shenandoah National Park on December 13th. On the winter solstice, December 21st, the two gas giants will appear a tenth of a degree apart from one another. (Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls) During the past several weeks, Jupiter and Saturn’s orbits have been slowly approach...