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Scientists discover largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe — its twice as long as our galaxy

February 7th, 2025 by me

Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It’s twice as long as the Milky Way.

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NASA satellites catch Earth’s magnetic field making music

February 7th, 2025 by me

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these strange waves form.

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Europe signs contract for its 1st moon lander, Argonaut

February 7th, 2025 by me

The Argonaut moon lander one way the European Space Agency is getting involved in international lunar exploration endeavors.

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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they’ll likely turn into exoplanets

February 6th, 2025 by me

The James Webb Space Telescope’s new image spotlights dust grains in a distant protoplanetary disk, allowing astronomers to study how planets are formed in intricate detail.

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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA’s cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission

February 6th, 2025 by me

Astrolab’s FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA’s VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to launch in late 2025.

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Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds

February 6th, 2025 by me

Using 20 years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that turbulent stars could be corrupting observations of some exoplanets.

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The moon will be unusually high in the sky tomorrow. Here’s why

February 6th, 2025 by me

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

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‘This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that’s just bizarre.’ Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for ‘I Heart Pluto’ festival

February 6th, 2025 by me

Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery this month at the 6th annual ‘I Heart Pluto’ festival from Feb. 13-17.

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