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Hubble’s colorful image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12 is a spectacular example of how dust in space affects starlight coming from background objects. via NASA https://ift.tt/t7OQjVX
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The Ukrainian counteroffensive has taken a massive toll on both sides — estimates put the casualty totals in the thousands. Neither side releases figures publicly. Western supporters of Ukraine have repeatedly stated their commitment to Kyiv remains solid, but there have been criticisms from the sidelines on the pace of…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s surprise visit to Kyiv coincided with a new aid package for Ukraine. Blinken’s visit comes on the same day as a lethal Russian missile strike in the Donetsk region. Washington’s top diplomat met with President Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and was also…
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The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy cloud-like objects easily visible to southern hemisphere skygazers are known as the Clouds of Magellan, now understood to be…
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A recovery team member takes part in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in this image from Aug. 29, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/hoYqO84
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They may look like modern mechanical dinosaurs, but they are enormous swiveling eyes that watch the sky. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Observatory is composed of four 12-meter reflecting-mirror telescopes surrounding a larger telescope housing a 28-meter mirror. They are designed to detect strange flickers of blue light —…
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Voyager 1 Lifts Off Toward an Interstellar Journey via NASA https://ift.tt/hvTrRtk
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The last full moon was doubly unusual. First of all, it was a blue moon. A modern definition of a blue moon is a second full moon to occur during one calendar month. Since there are 13 full moons in 2023, one month has to have two — and that…
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Ukraine claims to have made a significant breakthrough in its counteroffensive, saying its forces have ‘decisively breached’ Russia’s first defensive line in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Just a week ago, Ukrainian troops reclaimed Robotyne, a key village on the Zaporizhzhia frontline. The latest reports of an advance would mark a…
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As stars die, they create clouds. Two stellar death clouds of gas and dust can be found toward the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) as they drift through rich star fields in the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Caught here within the telescopic field of view are the…
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