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UNCASVILLE, Conn. — A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston, according to multiple reports. The franchise wouldn’t play in Boston until the 2027 season. Pagliuca also would contribute $100 million for a new practice facility in Boston for …

The Connecticut Sun could soon be in Boston. A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to move the franchise to Beantown, per the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn, who reports that Pagliuca will pay a record $325 million for the team and then put $100 million into a new practice facility in Boston. The Mohegan Tribe …

The Connecticut Sun could be on the move by 2027 after a group led by Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca reportedly reached a deal to purchase the WNBA franchise from the Mohegan Tribe for $325 million, according to the Boston Globe. The $325 million would be the highest price ever paid for a professional women’s team. Advertisement The deal, …

Four of the solar system‘s terrestrial planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, likely started life waltzing around the sun to a fixed rhythm, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that those planets formed earlier than previously thought. Astronomers have been increasingly interested in how planetary systems change their internal architecture on cosmic timescales, motivated by several …

Beautiful light displays in the sky, such as glowing halos around the moon or bright spots beside the sun, aren’t just Earthly wonders. According to new research, similar dazzling effects might also occur on planets light-years away. In a study published on July 21 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Cornell University scientists propose that WASP-17b, a gas giant roughly 1,300 …

A new pre-print paper involving sometimes-controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has suggested a way we could intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it hurtles through the Solar System.  On July 1, 2025, astronomers spotted an object moving through the Solar System at nearly twice the velocity of previous interstellar visitors ‘Oumuamua and Comet Borisov. The object, which was confirmed to be …

This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has reached the end of its sun-like life. Cocooned inside the nebula, within its own ejected outer layers, the fading star is undergoing a transformation into a white dwarf. As the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows …

Sunday, July 27, 2025 | 2 a.m. Earlier this year, in an advertisement for its Duck Duck Shed event on the history of architecture, design and culture of the region, the Neon Museum described Las Vegas as “the city of reinvention” that “blows up to build up.” Today, as Las Vegas faces a significant decline in tourism, that spirit of …

Dolphins camp: Jackson, Chubb have spirited practice battle; plus stock up, stock down  Sun Sentinel What we’re hearing and seeing at Dolphins training camp: Cornerback depth in focus after Burns injury  ESPN Practice 1: 2025 Miami Dolphins Training Camp Notebook  Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins hear the haters and doubters. ‘They talk, we do.’  The Palm Beach Post Reasons for optimism – The Splash Zone …

A team of astronomers from Taiwan has uncovered promising evidence suggesting the existence of Planet 9, a hypothesized planet beyond Pluto in the far reaches of our Solar System. This new potential discovery, based on data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and AKARI, a Japanese infrared satellite, could mark a significant step in confirming the existence of this elusive …