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A density map of part of the Milky Way disk, constructed from IPHAS data. Hywel Farnhill, University of Hertfordshire.
The A505 in Hitchin, Elton Way in Watford and the A404 between Chorleywood and Rickmansworth were all shut this morning for the safety of road users, Hertfordshire County Council confirmed ...
Highways officers in Luton are confident “nuisance motorbiking” can be avoided when a footpath is redefined on the boundary ...
The most detailed map ever made of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, includes 219 million stars. A team led by Geert Barentsen of the University of Hertfordshire in the UK combined 10 years of ...
Snowdrops bloom in Hertfordshire as spring is on the way Close More than 100 kinds of snowdrop have bloomed at a country estate as it prepares to welcome back guests for the new visiting season.
The map shows how extinction builds with distance away from the Sun — typically out to 12,000 light-years or more — in any part of the surveyed northern Milky Way.