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Archive for April 12th, 2024

My formal 2024 solar eclipse apology

April 12th, 2024 by

I used to be an eclipse hater, and now I’m not. That’s the story.

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Achoo! Baby star ‘sneezes’ tell astronomers a lot about their development

April 12th, 2024 by

Achoo! Baby stars “sneeze” to rid themselves of excess energy during their formation process, astronomers using the ALMA telescope array have found.

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Monster star gains magnetic personality following stellar merger

April 12th, 2024 by

A rare massive star possessing a magnetic field could have produced its dynamo after merging with another star.

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A NASA spacecraft spotted something weird orbiting the moon. It was just a lunar neighbor (photos)

April 12th, 2024 by

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) snapped a perfectly timed photo as it crossed paths with another spacecraft orbiting the moon.

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Car-sized asteroid is giving Earth a really, really close shave. But don’t worry.

April 12th, 2024 by

A newly discovered space rock will harmlessly pass by Earth today. Still, at less than a tenth the distance to the moon, asteroid 2024 GJ2 will miss the planet by the skin of its teeth.

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Gravitational waves reveal black hole and neutron star merging for 1st time

April 12th, 2024 by

The mystery object, which falls right within the mass-gap range, sheds light on a long-sought, murky realm.

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‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ sets surprise May the 4th debut on Disney Plus (video)

April 12th, 2024 by

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Before The Acolyte, Star Wars animation will return to our screens with Tales of the Empire, a brand-new anthology series.

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