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September 18, 2024
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Largest jets ever seen blasting from a black hole 23 million light-years long!
Astronomers have spotted the largest twin jets ever seen erupting from a black hole. The jets stretch for around 23 million light-years, well beyond the limits of their host galaxy and stretching as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up from end to …
Space.com

Best-ever ‘Cloud Atlas’ of Mars showcases stunning cloud patterns (photos)
Scientists have unveiled the most extensive map of clouds on Mars ever created. For the past 20 years, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has photographed Martian clouds and storms, documenting how they shape into striking …
Space.com

SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut launch delayed to Sept. 25
NASA astronaut and US Space Force Guardian Nick Hague will fly to the ISS from one of the military branch’s launch pads. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
BBC News

Musk’s satellites ‘blocking’ view of the universe
Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands. The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, …
BBC News

Elon Musk satellites dey ‘block’ d view of di universe
Di thousands of orbiting satellites dey “blind” radio telescopes and dem fit disturb astronomical research, according to Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON). SpaceX, wey be di owner of Starlink …
Space.com

Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse delights skywatchers worldwide (photos)
This eerie color change is why a total lunar eclipse is also known as a Blood Moon. The full phase of the lunar eclipse will be visible across the U.S., with at least some portion of the eclipse visible across Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and …
Space.com

Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely lasted tens of millions of years, may have led to global cooling and even …
Space.com

Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars’ moon Phobos captured from Red Planet
“It’s the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface of Mars.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. a bright dot in a hazy …
EarthSky

New Cloud Atlas of Mars for cloudspotting on the red planet
They can be composed of of water, carbon dioxide or dust. A new Cloud Atlas of Mars has been released by researchers in Europe. It contains images of Martian clouds from the Mars Express orbiter from …
PBS NewsHour

Catch the supermoon lunar eclipse? Here’s what you saw
If you don’t frequently look at the moon, you may not have noticed that “the supermoon all of a sudden is so much bigger,” said Noah Petro, NASA’s project scientist for Artemis III.