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Today — April 4th 2025Space

Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream

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April 4th 2025 at 5:30 pm
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.

© Asteroid graphic: Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project. Graphic made in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic

JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'

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By: capellalarissa68@hotmail.com (Larissa G. Capella)
April 4th 2025 at 1:30 pm
Scientists have uncovered a massive galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. But how did this colossal "Big Wheel" form so early in the universe? The answer could change everything we know about galaxy growth.

© NASA/ESA

Yesterday — April 3rd 2025Space

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers

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April 3rd 2025 at 8:06 pm
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.

© NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)

The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
April 3rd 2025 at 8:06 pm
The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.

© X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand

Before yesterdaySpace

'What choices do you make when you are turning the moon into cheese?' Author John Scalzi on new novel 'When the Moon Hits Your Eye'

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 26th 2025 at 10:30 pm
John Scalzi cased out the Armstrong Museum before writing "When the Moon Hits Your Eye." The author may have been confused of planning a heist given the way he eyed an Apollo 11 moon rock on display.

© Tor Books

Rare moonbow shines below total lunar eclipse in stunning photo: 'This is definitely the first time I've tried something like this, but will not be the last'

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By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)
March 25th 2025 at 9:30 pm
"The respective sizes of the two arcs also create a great symbolic representation of the difference in scale between what we experience and deal with as humans on Earth and the vastness and grandeur of the scale of space and our closest neighbor"

© Billy Buchanan, Narcoleptic Nightscapes

NASA says removal of 'first woman, person of color' language from Artemis websites 'does not indicate' moon mission crew change

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By: brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley)
March 25th 2025 at 12:04 am
NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon, but the agency says this does not reflect a change in crew.

© NASA

New Barbie doll celebrates 60 years as an astronaut, but forgets when humans first flew into space

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 24th 2025 at 10:30 pm
Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible, but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy company has released a Barbie Miss Astronaut 60th anniversary doll.

© Mattel / collectSPACE.com

China now has a 'kill mesh' in orbit, Space Force vice chief says

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By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)
March 22nd 2025 at 12:30 am
"That capability gap is significantly narrowed, and we've got to change the way we're looking at space, or that capability gap may reverse and not be in our favor anymore."

© <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@mcaleeseandassociates7933">McAleese and Associates</a>

Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image

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March 21st 2025 at 4:30 pm
The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early universe.

© NASA, ESA, and M. Andersen (European Southern Observatory - Germany); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Oxygen discovered in most distant galaxy ever seen: 'It is like finding an adolescent where you would only expect babies'

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March 20th 2025 at 4:30 pm
Astronomers have discovered oxygen and heavy elements in the earliest galaxy ever seen, suggesting some galaxies as early as 300 million years after the Big Bang matured early.

© ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Carniani et al./S. Schouws et al/JWST: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA)

Dark skies above world's best astronomy sites could be ruined by new energy project

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By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)
March 20th 2025 at 1:30 pm
A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical sites by up to 35%

© ESO/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/PetrHoralekPhotography">P. Horálek</a>

Euclid space telescope's 1st results reveal 'a goldmine of data' in search for dark matter and dark energy (images, video)

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March 19th 2025 at 2:30 pm
The Euclid space telescope has dropped its first data and deep field observations showing millions of galaxies in great detail as it hunts for dark matter and dark energy clues.

© ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi

Never-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 19th 2025 at 2:25 am
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

© NASA+

What time will NASA's Starliner astronauts land with SpaceX's Crew-9 today? How to watch live.

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 18th 2025 at 12:30 pm
SpaceX is poised to land its Crew Dragon Freedom with the two ISS crewmates who launched on it and two astronauts who arrived at the space station in June on Boeing's Starliner. Here's how to see it.

© NASA

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind

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March 13th 2025 at 12:30 pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound discovery to date. The uncovered preferred direction for galaxies supports the idea that the universe was born in a black hole.

© Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025)

Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'

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March 12th 2025 at 12:30 pm
Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda survived the blistering conditions of the early universe.

© CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias)

World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)

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March 11th 2025 at 11:30 pm
Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new satellite images show.

© NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, ocean bathymetry data and digital elevation data from the British Oceanographic Data Center's General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans(GEBCO) and the British Antarctic Survey

This week's 'blood moon' eclipse mirrors one Christopher Columbus used to scare indigenous people in 1504

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March 10th 2025 at 1:30 pm
On March 13-14, 2025, skywatchers in the Americas will witness a total lunar eclipse that mirrors one Christopher Columbus is said to have used to his advantage over five centuries ago.

© Created in Canva by Daisy Dobrijevic furnished with Columbus image (credit: mikroman6 / Getty Images)

Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' thanks to AI breakthrough — bringing quantum internet closer to reality

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March 9th 2025 at 5:30 pm
AI has helped physicists discover a simpler way of achieving quantum entanglement. This finding could make it easier to develop quantum communication technologies.

© Johan Jarnestad/ The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

NASA's Artemis 2 crew wants your help designing the plush toy that will fly with them around the moon.

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 8th 2025 at 2:30 pm
The first astronauts preparing to fly to the moon in more than 50 years want your help identifying their "moon mascot." NASA's Artemis II crew is seeking an original idea for their zero-g indicator.

© NASA/Freelancer

FAA investigating SpaceX Starship Flight 8 explosion that disrupted commercial flights

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By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)
March 8th 2025 at 4:27 am
Nine minutes after its launch, SpaceX's latest Starship to attempt to reach space exploded, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. Airports in Florida were forced to halt flights.

© Stefanie Waldek, used with permission

'Stuck' NASA astronauts on ISS grilled on Earthly politics as long 9-month mission nears end. 'From my standpoint, politics is not playing into this at all.'

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By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)
March 5th 2025 at 12:25 am
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to Earth this month after an unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station —one that has become politically charged here on Earth.

© NASA

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  • Cadrim star projector review
    This angular star projector takes up little shelf space and operates very quietly. It is great for gamers, movie fans and people looking for a sleep aid.
     
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Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today

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March 3rd 2025 at 5:30 pm
Thirteen years before any other woman joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – or the NACA, NASA’s predecessor – in a technical role, a young lab assistant named Pearl Young was making waves in the agency.

© NASA Langley Archives

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  • Pikoy Galaxy Projector review
    This palm-sized star projector is a great value and would be the perfect gift to enhance the ambiance of anyone's space.
     
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  • Govee Star Light Projector review
    The Govee Star Light Projector is an excellent star projector for noisy environments, but it isn't a good one for your bedside table.
     
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Scientists warn of consequences as over 800 NOAA workers are fired: 'Censoring science does not change the facts'

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March 1st 2025 at 2:20 am
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's abrupt firing of hundreds of weather forecasters and climate experts at NOAA will curtail important climate research and result in preventable deaths during extreme weather events and related disasters.

© Byunghwan Lim/Getty Images

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