Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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You could say:

 

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Strange unprecedented vortex appears around the sun's pole | Space

 

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Strange unprecedented vortex appears around the sun's pole | Space

We're all gonna die!

 

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A mysterious ring surrounding mini-planet Quaoar puzzles astronomers | Space

 

[Morg]

The sun just erupted with a major X-class solar flare. Here's what it looked like on video.

 

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Hubble captures spokes in Saturn's rings

 

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The largest structures in space are still glowing with yhe shock of their creation

 

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Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a tiny star only 4 times its size | Space

 

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Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a tiny star only 4 times its size | Space

Space is weird, lol.

 

[Morg]

The sun is about to get more active than it has for a decade — and it could lead to power outages, grounded flights, and stunning auroras

 

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The sun is about to get more active than it has for a decade — and it could lead to power outages, grounded flights, and stunning auroras

Buy your sunscreen!

 

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NASA to reveal Artemis 2 moon astronauts on April 3 | Space

 

[InCali]

Strange unprecedented vortex appears around the sun's pole | Space

Global warming. LOL

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Buy your sunscreen!

 

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Better green than dead!

 

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Building block of life found in sample from asteroid Ryugu | Space

 

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Building block of life found in sample from asteroid Ryugu | Space

Nice. I always figured they would sooner or later.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected
A rare ‘ultramassive’ black hole, 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, is lurking in the cosmos.

The hole at the center of our galaxy (Sagittarius A*) is small compared to this one.

 

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Four for the moon! NASA names Artemis 2 crew for 1st lunar mission since Apollo | Space

 

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Gizmodo - Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected
A rare ‘ultramassive’ black hole, 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, is lurking in the cosmos.

The hole at the center of our galaxy (Sagittarius A*) is small compared to this one.

This sounds scary.

 

[Dr. Evil]

the crew of the Artemis II appeared at the College Basketball National Championship game tonight.

 

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the crew of the Artemis II appeared at the College Basketball National Championship game tonight.

Nice.

 

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Strange radio signals detected from Earth-like planet could be a magnetic field necessary for life | Live Science

 

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Strange radio signals detected from Earth-like planet could be a magnetic field necessary for life | Live Science

I hope so, just as I'm also hopeful it's too far away for us to go there and ruin it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NASA’s Webb Scores Another Ringed World With New Image of Uranus