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⋅ May 16, 2024
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Space.com

In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are ‘on the run’ — in the wrong direction
Space.com
Astronomers have discovered three ancient stars “on the run” in the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, racing the wrong way at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. Despite being spritely for their age, the three stars are so old that they date back …
Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)
Space.com
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have found the most distant merger between supermassive black holes ever detected. The colliding black holes are at the heart of merging galaxies that are …
Space.com

Japanese-European spacecraft bound for Mercury weakened by thruster glitch
Space.com
The spacecraft is set to make a flyby of Mercury in September, and operators are still unsure of the full impact of this glitch. A brownish orb in the background and a white spacecraft with long solar panel wings in.
CNN

Giant oddball planet has the density of fluffy cotton candy, study finds
CNN
But WASP-193b, located beyond our solar system about 1,200 light-years from Earth, isn’t just a scientific oddity. The exoplanet could also be key to future research investigating atypical planetary formation, according to a study describing the find that …
The Washington Post

Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find.
The Washington Post
The deer mouse, believed to be the most common mammal in North America, has a very different take on family values than its evolutionary sibling, the oldfield mouse. Oldfield mice are monogamous. Fathers groom their young, keep them warm and ensure …
Scientific American

The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming
Scientific American
Dazzling auroras—like this one over northwestern England—were the most noticeable effects of a powerful geomagnetic storm that struck Earth on May 10, 2024. But the event also impacted air traffic, satellite operations, global communications, and even GPS- …
The Verge

A quantum-entangled photon traveled 35 kilometers under the streets of Boston
The Verge
Amazon and Harvard University have created a “quantum network” that transmitted an entangled photon from one quantum computer to another over 35 kilometers of fiber-optic cable. Researchers from Harvard and Amazon’s AWS Center for Quantum Networking …
Space.com

India’s space agency has been carefully watching our sun’s solar tantrums
Space.com
The Indian Space Research organization collected solar data this month from the ground, near the sun and even from next to the moon. A view of a fiery sun. The X5.8 solar flare on May 10, as imaged by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Phys.Org

Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date
Phys.Org
An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing merger of two galaxies and their massive black holes when the universe was only 740 million years old.
CNBC

Investing in Space: Boeing inches closer to Starliner launch
CNBC
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands on the pad the day after a launch attempt of two astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) was delayed for technical issues prior to a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape …