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A satellite launched when slide rules still ruled has jolted astronomers in 2025. NASA’s Relay 2, silent since the summer of 1967, fired off a single radio pulse so bright it briefly eclipsed every cosmic source above Earth. Clancy James of Curtin University in Perth and colleagues stumbled on the flash during a routine search for fast radio burst signals. …

So much for heliocentrism. An international team of astronomers using observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence of massive planets out there that’re capable of forming their own planetary systems — without a star.  These planets would be the center of something like a mini version of our solar system where other, smaller planets revolve around …

The sun never sits still, yet until recently our best snapshots blurred its fine threads. Now an image set from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Haleakalā resolves details just 20 kilometers wide, letting researchers watch bright and dark stripes move across the solar surface. “We investigate the fine-scale structure of the solar surface for the first time with …

Ma Rabu Maasecha and the Peacock  VINnews Source link

This Little-Known Amino Acid Could Be the Secret to Rapid Weight Loss  SciTechDaily Source link

$15 Billion Floodwalls Are Sinking. Satellite Maps Show New Orleans’ Silent Collapse  SciTechDaily Source link

Fossil Shows a Sharp-Toothed Mammal That Thrived Among Dinosaurs  The New York Times Source link

August’s full moon, known as the ‘Sturgeon Moon’ made a splash when it leapt above the southern horizon on Aug. 9 earlier this week, illuminating the summer sky mere days before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Celestron NexStar 8SE (Image credit: Amazon) Looking for a new telescope to view the moon? We reckon the Celestron NexStar 8SE is …

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaiʻi and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a rare cosmic structure they call the Infinity Galaxy — a figure-eight-shaped remnant of two colliding galaxies that may be giving birth to a supermassive black hole. According to a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on July 15, 2025, …

When to catch the Perseids, the year’s best meteor shower  The Washington Post How to Watch the Strongest Meteor Shower of the Summer  The New York Times Blame it on the moon. This year’s Perseids meteors won’t be as visible at their peak  NPR Perseids meteor shower will peak next week. But will the moon ruin it for viewers?  CBS News Will the bright …