Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek, Josef Kujal, Tomáš Slovinský; Acknowledgement: Mahdi Zamani

 

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The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
Scientific Visualization Credit: NASA, GSFC, Jeremy Schnittman & Brian P. Powell; Text: Francis J. Reddy

 

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APOD: 2025 July 28 – Collision at Asteroid Dimorphos

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

apod.nasa.gov

 

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Scientists discover fast-spinning 'unicorn' object that defies physics

Astronomers have detected a puzzling 'unicorn' object that's speeding up rather than slowing down, contrary to the laws of physics.

www.livescience.com

 

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A Helix Nebula Deep Field
Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis

 

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Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331
Image Credit: Ben Godson (University of Warwick)

 

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Small Dark Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Bresseler

 

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Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time

"When you're in your launch and entry suits, you're with the crew you're going to be on the pad with, that is absolutely phenomenal."

www.space.com

 

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Milky Way and Exploding Meteor
Image Credit & Copyright: Andre van der Hoeven

 

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We’ve discovered the most massive black hole yet


so a super duper black hole?

 

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Meteor before Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

 

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We’ve discovered the most massive black hole yet


so a super duper black hole?

Super mega gigantic ultra blackhole is just around the corner now.

 

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NASA to fast-track plan to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030

It comes just three months after China and Russia announced they were considering a joint effort to also put a nuclear power station on the Moon in a new race for space dominance.

www.abc.net.au

 

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