Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Trump tells Musk to bring back ‘stranded’ ISS astronauts SpaceX already planned to return

President Trump says he has told SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts “abandoned” on the ISS even though SpaceX already planned to bring them back.

spacenews.com

 

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Palomar 12
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA

 

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NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara
Image Credit & Copyright: Shaun Robertson

 

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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us."

www.space.com

 

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Hydrogen Clouds of M33
Image Credit & Copyright: Pea Mauro

 

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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

www.livescience.com

 

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Safety panel reports progress in Starliner investigation

Boeing and NASA are making “significant progress” on addressing issues seen on a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft last year, an independent NASA safety panel says

spacenews.com

 

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The Variable Nebula NGC 2261
Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease (Denver Astronomical Society)

 

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Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
Image Credit & Copyright: Telescope Live, Heaven's Mirror Observatory; Processing: Chris Cantrell

 

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Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun
Image Credit: NASA, SOHO Spacecraft, LASCO C3; Processing: Rolando Ligustri

 

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The M81 Galaxy Group through the Integrated Flux Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright : D. Lopez & A. Rosenberg, IAC

 

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Cooling Neutron Star
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNAM/Ioffe/D.Page, P. Shternin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI;
Illustration: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss

 

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A Molten Galaxy Einstein Ring
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha; Processing: Jonathan Lodge

 

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Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates
Image Credit: Lionel Majzik

 

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Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI