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⋅ October 5, 2024
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Space.com

Ancient supermassive black hole is blowing galaxy-killing wind, James Webb Space Telescope finds
Space.com
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have spotted the earliest powerful “galaxy-size” wind blowing from a feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar. The powerful wind is pushing gas and dust from its galaxy at incredible speeds …
Space.com

See Venus rendezvous with the crescent moon in the night sky tonight (Oct. 5)
Space.com
On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus. The moon will appear to hover …
Spaceflight Now

ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly
Spaceflight Now
United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two “certification” test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the …
CNN

When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
CNN
A worker of the fungus-farming ant species Apterostigma collare from Costa Rica appears in a fungus garden. Shared evolutionary history seems to have benefited both ants and fungi, research finds. Alex Wild.
CBS News

Next-generation ULA Vulcan rocket launched on second test flight
CBS News
United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two “certification” test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the …
News 13 Orlando

Exclusive: Polaris Dawn astronaut calls mission ‘ride of the lifetime’
News 13 Orlando
From conducting the first commercial spacewalk to breaking a high-orbit record, one Polaris Dawn crewmember described returning to Earth as “the ride of the lifetime.” Spectrum News sat down with pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet and mission specialist Anna …
Smithsonian

How to Catch a Glimpse of the Draconid Meteor Shower
Smithsonian
Soon, the dragon constellation Draco will appear to breathe—or more accurately, sparsely cough—meteors across the sky. From October 6 to 10, sky watchers will have the opportunity to witness the Draconids, one of the most well-known, and most capricious, …
KXAN.com

Earth’s 2nd ‘moon’ has arrived: What you need to know
KXAN.com
The last time Earth had a mini-moon was in 2022 when an asteroid known as NX1 entered Earth’s orbit. “Near-Earth objects that follow horseshoe paths and approach our planet at close range and …
CBC.ca

WATCH — New infrared map of Milky Way reveals galaxy’s ‘most hidden places’
CBC.ca
From 2010 to 2023, the research team captured 200,000 images using an ESO telescope in Chile known as VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy). The project combined two surveys known as VVV and VVVX.
masslive.com

Will you see the northern lights in Massachusetts this weekend?
masslive.com
“A [coronal mass ejection] is anticipated to reach and impact Earth with elevated geomagnetic response and dependant upon orientation of the embedded magnetic field potential exists for strong storm levels,” NOAA added.