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fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Megan McArthur, first woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires from NASA after more than two decades

Megan McArthur, with a PhD in oceanography and experience piloting submarines and spacecraft, logged 213 orbital days and is retiring from NASA after two decades.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

How Big Is the Biggest Black Hole?

Supermassive black holes power quasars and can reach masses of billions to possibly a trillion in the observable universe, raising questions about their maximum size.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A mysterious comet is shooting through our solar system. Why are scientists so excited about 3I/Atlas?

3I/Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to have been observed, after Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago
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Hubble Captures Glorious New Image of That Mysterious Object Cruising Into Our Solar System

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1 month ago
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Hubble Captures Glorious New Image of That Mysterious Object Cruising Into Our Solar System

#interstellar-comet
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fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

The 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope launched 35 years ago, revolutionizing astronomy with 1.7 million observations of 55,000 astronomical targets.
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fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

The 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope launched 35 years ago, revolutionizing astronomy with 1.7 million observations of 55,000 astronomical targets.
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fromTheregister
4 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope is still producing science at 35

Hubble's deployment 35 years ago marked a pivotal moment for NASA, which was still reeling from past challenges.
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fromBig Think
3 months ago

JWST breaks its own record with new most distant galaxy MoM-z14

The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe by discovering more distant and primitive galaxies than previously known.
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fromBig Think
3 months ago

JWST breaks its own record with new most distant galaxy MoM-z14

The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe by discovering more distant and primitive galaxies than previously known.
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fromBig Think
5 months ago

See NASA's most important image in space telescope history

Hubble Space Telescope's initial optical flaw was corrected with significant upgrades, leading to groundbreaking astronomical discoveries.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

Hypervelocity Stars Hint at a Supermassive Black Hole Just outside the Milky Way

Every large galaxy contains a supermassive black hole, but questions remain on the size cutoff for galaxies that can harbor these black holes.
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fromEngadget
4 months ago

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gigantic tower of gas and dust

NASA and ESA celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary with renewed high-definition images of the Eagle Nebula, showcasing its continued relevance in space observation.
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