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NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About 'Women in Leadership' From Its Websites: Report
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-ordered-to-remove-anything-about-women-in-leadership-from-its-websites-report-2000559596108
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my first proper astrophotography photo
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Earth Detecting Earth (SETI)
https://www.seti.org/press-release/earth-detecting-earth19
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New Images Reveal Exocomets Around 74 Nearby Stars
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-images-reveal-exocomets-around-74-nearby-stars/245
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Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising
https://spacenews.com/astronomers-seek-global-ban-on-space-advertising/67
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The IAC confirms the existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star
https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-confirms-existence-super-earth-habitable-zone-sun-star62
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JWST facing potential cuts to its operational budget
https://spacenews.com/jwst-facing-potential-cuts-to-its-operational-budget/226
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Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-just-deleted-an-asteroid-because-it-turned-out-to-be-elon-musks-tesla-roadster/30
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Astronomers discover repeating radio bursts from distant 'dead' galaxy
https://abcnews.go.com/International/astronomers-discover-repeating-radio-bursts-distant-dead-galaxy/story?id=11802308011
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[Seeking Advice]Amateur Radio Telescope
Does anyone have any experience home brewing a radio telescope? I'd really like to make one myself, both because it seems fun and challenging, and because it would probably be cheaper than buying one of there are any consumer grade radio scopes. I'm aware of some tutorials online, and one concern that I have is that many of them are intended to output data to software. I'd like to convert the signal into something audible, so that people can actually hear the emissions. The three targets I have in mind are: the sun, Jupiter (like the JOVE project), and hydrogen emission frequencies from nebulae. Ultimately, my goal is public outreach and education rather than amateur research. ... read full post
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Public stargazing classes
Hey everyone! I'm putting on stargazing classes in my city with the help of the city parks dept. It involves lugging out 12" dob (we mostly hang out ~120x mag, but I have plans to really juice the magnification if we get small classes and good seeing), some binoculars, and a green laser pointer. I just did the first one last night, and I found it to be a hugely rewarding experience. Unfortunately, the class was a bit on the smaller side and not asking too many questions (I think because it was cold AF for California), and I found the energy kind of flagging halfway through. My plan has been to teach the basics of star finding, telescope use, etc. and follow the Astronomical League's Urban Stargazing program (I want to help folks get certified if they're interested). I was wondering if anyone else has done any kind of astronomy public outreach and if they had any advice to help keep the engagement up when folks are taking turns peeking through the scope. In case you might be wondering, it's not a GOTO or PUSH TO scope, I personally find that there's a bit of magic in manually slewing the scope, but it does unfortunately mean that I spend extra time bringing the scope back on target between students using it. ... read full post
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XMM-Newton observes black hole that exhibits strange oscillations - NASASpaceFlight.com
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/xmm-newton-white-dwarf-black-hole/51
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See 6 Planets Align on January 21
https://www.wired.com/story/see-6-planets-align-on-january-21-planetary-alignment-mars-venus-uranus-neptune-saturn-jupiter/34
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Hubble budget cuts could impact science and mission operations
https://spacenews.com/hubble-budget-cuts-could-impact-science-and-mission-operations/9
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A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exoplanet-k2-22b-jwst36
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Astronomers discover rule-breaking neutron star with an incredibly slow six-hour spin
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-01-16/neutron-star-radio-transient-6-hours/10479910632
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Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/supermassive-black-hole-spotted-12-9-billion-light-years-from-earth-and-its-shooting-a-beam-of-energy-right-at-us23
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Astronomers detect new eclipsing binary system
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-astronomers-eclipsing-binary.html50
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A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-nasa-astronaut-may-have-just-taken-the-best-photo-from-space-ever/Ars has previously written admiringly of Pettit's work, but his latest image deserves additional mention. When I first saw it, I was dazzled by its beauty. But when I looked further into the image, there were just so many amazing details to be found. ... read full post
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There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/there-was-a-straight-shot-from-earth-to-the-moon-and-mars-last-night/Mars disappeared behind the full Moon for a little more than an hour Monday night, an event visible across most of North America and parts of Africa.
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World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/14
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Atmospheric re-entry of the X-ray Astronomy Satellite
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/003916.html65
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Citizen science reveals that Jupiter's colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-citizen-science-reveals-jupiter-clouds.html41
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