Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft

New images of Jupiter's volcano-studded moon Io, taken by the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, offer the highest resolution of Io ever achieved with an Earth-based instrument. The observations were made possible by a new high-contrast optical imaging instrument, dubbed...

phys.org

 

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Stereo Helene
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA; Stereo Image by Roberto Beltramini

 

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The universe's biggest explosions made elements we are composed of, but there's another mystery source out there

After its "birth" in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between the Big Bang and the present day.

phys.org

 

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Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco

 

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NASA gives status update on mission to capture asteroid worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000

NASA has given an update on its mission to capture an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion.

www.unilad.com

 

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Dark matter could make our galaxy's innermost stars immortal

Stars near the center of our galaxy are acting kind of weird. Dark matter may be the explanation.

phys.org

 

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NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
Image Credit & Copyright: (Team F.A.C.T.) Lilian Lbt - Cyrille Malo - Maxime Martin - Clément Daniel - Paul Grasset - Louis Leroux-Géré

 

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet

The JWST's infrared vision captures a galaxy undergoing an explosion of star birth, brought about by the consumption of a smaller sibling.

www.space.com

 

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Comet Pons-Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri & Lukas Demetz

 

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Boeing's Starliner set up for third shot at first human spaceflight

A pair of NASA astronauts will try again on Wednesday morning to take a ride on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, making its first-ever human spaceflight.

phys.org

 

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NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
Image Credit & Copyright: Lóránd Fényes

 

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The Hubble Space Telescope has lost a majority of its gyroscopes

"We do not see Hubble as being on its last legs."

arstechnica.com

 

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Comet Pons-Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri & Lukas Demetz

 

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SH2-308: The Dolphin Head Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Prabhu Kutti

 

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NASA considering an interstellar probe to study the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the sun

The sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the sun to the Earth.

phys.org

 

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Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

 

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Astrophotographer captures planetary parade with the moon in stunning photo

Astrophotographer Josh Dury was able to capture Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and the moon in one single image during a planetary alignment on June 1, 2024.

www.space.com

 

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Shadow of a Martian Robot
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, ASU, NeV-T, Perseverance Rover;
Processing & Copyright: Neville Thompson, Gigapan Zoom

 

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James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged

The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

www.livescience.com

 

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Sh2-132: The Lion Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Imran Badr; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)

 

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Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold harsh interstellar clouds 2 million years ago

Around two million years ago, Earth was a very different place, with our early human ancestors living alongside saber-toothed tigers, mastodons, and enormous rodents. And, depending on where they were, they may have been cold: Earth had fallen into a deep freeze, with multiple ice ages coming...

phys.org

 

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Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi
Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks

 

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Astrophotographer gets close-up look at monster sunspot that led to May's global auroras

Follow along step by step with astrophotographer Miguel Claro in this behind-the-scenes look at how such a mesmerizing solar photograph was made.

www.space.com

 

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'At least 150,000 tons' of water frost discovered atop Mars' tallest volcanoes

Once thought impossible to exist, water frost found atop Mars' Tharsis region volcanoes could come in handy for future human exploration missions, new research suggests.

www.livescience.com

 

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An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth. Here's how

An encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back.

www.space.com