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Archive for April, 2025

What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer’s guide

April 11th, 2025 by me

Here’s an observers’ guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.

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Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope

April 11th, 2025 by me

Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events.

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NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays ‘releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere’

April 11th, 2025 by me

Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.

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Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

April 11th, 2025 by me

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

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China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)

April 11th, 2025 by me

China is getting ready to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar soil, in what could be a huge step toward building a base on the lunar surface.

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This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it

April 11th, 2025 by me

The James Webb Space Telescope has revisited a star that swallowed a planet and found that instead of the star subsuming the planet, it was the planet that crashed into the star.

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See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

April 11th, 2025 by me

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.

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NASA’s Juno probe at Jupiter hits ‘safe mode’ glitch, but bounces back just fine

April 11th, 2025 by me

NASA’s Juno spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4, but everything’s okay again.

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