astronomy

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope announced potential signs of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, K2-18b. (www.npr.org)

Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system (www.theguardian.com)

NASA's Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin (www.stsci.edu)

The Sound of Meteors - Sixty Symbols (www.youtube.com)

For the first time, astronomers watch a black hole 'wake up' in real-time (www.popsci.com)

Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found (phys.org)

First-ever recorded planetary engulfment event captured by Webb (www.earth.com)

Stargazing Saturdays 2025-04-12

Hey everybody, I know it’s a little late, but I wasn’t really sure how the weather was going to be until a little while ago. I’d like to invite you all to join me in looking at the sky tonight. What’s on the menu:...

Two different astronomy teams’ data show the oldest known galaxy in universe has oxygen (cosmosmagazine.com)

Hubble peers deep into Uranus, finds extra time (newatlas.com)

[Eric Berger] Tuesday Telescope: Does this Milky Way image remind you of Powers of 10? (arstechnica.com)

Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds (phys.org)

Astronomers discover doomed pair of spiraling stars on our cosmic doorstep (phys.org)

'Ravenous' Supermassive Black Hole is Captured Belching Out 'Food' Into the Universe (petapixel.com)

Neutron Stars Hint at Another Dimension (nautil.us)

ESA releases first set of Euclid images and data - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

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Most Planets in the Cosmos Probably Don’t Orbit Stars (www.scientificamerican.com)

Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another (phys.org)

Hubble Space Telescope YouTube channel has been deleted

Channel was here: www.youtube.com/hubblespacetelescope...

Ultralight dark matter could explain early black hole formation (phys.org)

Parker Probe Repeats Record Brush With The Sun in Daredevil Dive (www.sciencealert.com)

20-Year Hubble Study of Uranus Yields New Atmospheric Insights (science.nasa.gov)

NASA's dust shield successfully repels lunar regolith on moon (phys.org)

NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16....

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