► Alien megastructure mystery deepens: 'Dyson sphere' star found to be dimming dramatically AND plenty of other space / science links, articles & pics

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UFOs and Aliens and Drones and Balloons: Understanding the U.S. Sky Wars

The United States has shot down four objects over North American skies recently. What are we looking at, and what are we shooting at?

www.theringer.com

 

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How Canada can help mine the moon

We’re already in another space race. The question this time is who gets the prize at the end of it. Both China and NASA have committed to plans to put bases on the moon in the next decade or so, and one of the main attractions is its resources. There are lots of valuable commodities...

thebigstorypodcast.ca

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

5 planets will align in an arc across the night sky tonight

Sky-gazers will be treated to a parade of planets when Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will appear together in the night sky.

www.ctvnews.ca

Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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Alien Probe or Eccentric Comet? This Space Mystery Won’t End

Five years after it was first discovered, ‘Oumuamua—the first interstellar object we’ve seen visit the solar system—continues to polarize scientists.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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See This New Snapshot of the Brightest Space Explosion Ever Witnessed

What happens when a star collapses?

www.thedailybeast.com

Scientists Found a Surprising New Water Source on the Moon

This could be incredibly helpful for future lunar colonies.

www.thedailybeast.com

A Harvard Physicist Is Racing to Prove This Meteorite Is an Alien Probe

Fragments of a peculiar meteorite crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2014. Avi Loeb thinks they may be proof that intelligent extraterrestrials exist.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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You’ve Never Seen Uranus Like This Before

The James Webb Space Telescope gave us a double header of evocative space imagery this week. Feast your eyes.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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You’ve Never Seen Uranus Like This Before

The James Webb Space Telescope gave us a double header of evocative space imagery this week. Feast your eyes.

www.thedailybeast.com

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Cool things in space to keep an eye out for in April, according to NASA

NASA provides a schedule for viewing of the April meteor shower and more eventful movement in the sky this month.

www.ctvnews.ca

The Juice mission will soon launch to Jupiter's icy ocean worlds

The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will 'rewind' the universe. Here's how

The powerful space telescope will take a vastly wider look at the universe than Hubble or the James Webb Space Telescope, potentially helping to unravel pressing cosmic mysteries.

space.com

NASA Turned Its Giant Swimming Pool Into the Moon for Artemis Astronauts

A Virginia-based company has transformed the section of a submerged training facility to help Artemis astronauts train for upcoming moonwalks.

gizmodo.com

Jupiter-Sized 'Cannonball' Planet Discovered With a Density Greater Than Lead

Astronomers have just found a cosmic cannonball.

sciencealert.com

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2023

See the phase of the moon tonight and the rest of the moon phases for 2023, and when you can see them.

www.space.com

How does astronomy use the electromagnetic spectrum?

There is more to light than meets the eye, and it teaches us a lot about the universe.

www.space.com

'Look what I found!' SpaceX urges finders to report debris from Starship test flight

'If you believe you have identified a piece of debris, please do not attempt to handle or retrieve the debris directly. Instead, please contact the SpaceX Debris Hotline.'

www.space.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Can Understanding Whale Speech Help Us Talk to Aliens?

Biologist David Gruber thinks decoding the language of whales could be just the first step in understanding what other lifeforms are saying—in this world and out of it.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Astronomers detect largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed

A team of astronomers from the University of Southampton in England have identified the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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Montreal astronomers discover Earth-sized planet potentially covered with volcanoes

Montreal astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet beyond our solar system that is likely carpeted with volcanoes—and could potentially support life. The findings from a large international team, led by astronomers at the Université de Montréal (UdeM), were published in Nature on...

montreal.ctvnews.ca

 

[Madrox]

NASA Finds Organic Molecules in 12 Billion-Year-Old Galaxy, and a Mystery

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted complex organic molecules in a galaxy that existed only 1.5 billion years after the birth of the universe.

www.vice.com

 

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See early stars form in a galaxy 20 million light-years away

The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling star-forming galaxy in images streaked with the signature of passing asteroids.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

NASA Has a Plan to Stop an Asteroid From Hitting Earth—by Slamming Into It

DART is a $325 million suicide mission in space that could teach us how to save the world from annihilation.

www.thedailybeast.com

Coming to a Rooftop Near You: A UFO-Spotting Spycam

It’s a creative—and expensive—way to potentially find aliens in the sky above us.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Discovery shows Saturn's moon Enceladus has everything needed for life

Enceladus is considered one of the most promising places to search for alien life. Now scientists have detected the last of six necessary ingredients: phosphorous.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Phosphorus, essential element needed for life, detected in ocean on Saturn's moon

The new discovery makes Enceladus' ocean the only one outside of Earth known to contain all six elements needed for life.

www.cbsnews.com

Alien ocean on moon of Saturn has all the elements to support life

The six main elements needed to create life have all been found in an alien ocean for the first time, after phosphorus was discovered in the waters of one of S

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

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The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns

Scientists are worried about the effect this change could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.

www.wired.com

 

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An Intergalactic Game of Marco Polo Could Point Us to Aliens

Intelligent extraterrestrials probably do astronomy as well. And that could be the key to helping us make contact with them.

www.thedailybeast.com

Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus Has All the Ingredients Needed to Make Life

“It was a serendipitous find.”

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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ok im confused a bit now james webb sat. took these pics right so why theres no hd pic 4k pic..this james webb took pics light years away in 4k pics but not this huh lol

 

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[Helico-pterFunk]

NASA’s Webb Telescope Cracks a 40-Year-Old Space Mystery

The compound “is the heart of much of interstellar chemistry.”

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Inside NASA's Contest to Develop the Space Food of the Future

The race to provide astronauts with fresh bread and 3-D printed steaks can also help food scarcity on Earth.

www.atlasobscura.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Marco Rubio Says He’s Heard Shocking ‘Firsthand’ Accounts of UFOs

The Senate Intelligence Committee member claims other intelligence whistleblowers have come forward alleging incredible claims about UFO technology.

nymag.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Scientists May Have Finally Heard the ‘Hum’ of the Big Bang

We turned the galaxy into our own little science experiment to prove Einstein right.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Astronomers Find High-Energy ‘Ghost Particles’ in Milky Way

We’ll never look at our galaxy the same way.

www.thedailybeast.com

New Water Findings on Mars Boost Odds of Finding Ancient Alien Life

The Red Planet was teeming with water in more places than we thought.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Humans Living on Mars May Not Be Human for Long

Why colonists on the Red Planet are bound to become a new species.

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What Can We Do with Moon Dust?

Lunar soil is rich with clues about our origin and future home in space. Scientists can’t wait to get their hands dirty.

nautil.us

Where Earth Got Its Water

A new theory shows Earth’s water was more locally sourced than ever thought before.

nautil.us

A New View of the Martian Globe

This map of Mars provides an in-depth look at its expansive geography and topography.

nautil.us

Why Do So Many Moons Have Oceans?

One question for Julie Castillo-Rogez, a planetary geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

nautil.us

 

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Seven Amazing Accomplishments the James Webb Telescope Achieved in Its First Year

The observatory has yielded jaw-dropping shots—and surprising facts—about our universe

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

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See the James Webb Telescope's First Image of Saturn and Its Rings

The new shot also features three of the planet's many moons, including Enceladus, a strong candidate for hosting life

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

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James Webb telescope may have spotted theoretical 'dark stars'

The James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted theoretical 'dark stars,' according to a new study.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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Is Star Trek’s Warp Drive Possible? - JSTOR Daily

The concept of the warp drive is currently at odds with everything we know to be true about physics.

daily.jstor.org

How to Survive a Killer Asteroid

The impact that wiped out the dinosaurs would probably have killed you too—unless you were in the exact right place and had made the exact right plans.

getpocket.com

 

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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun

The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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World's 1st 'boomerang meteorite' — a rock that left Earth, spent millennia in space, then returned — possibly discovered in the Sahara Desert

The composition of an unusual meteorite suggests that it formed on Earth, spent thousands of years in space, then reentered the atmosphere. But some experts disagree.

www.livescience.com

Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds

Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.

www.livescience.com

 

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The 'Sturgeon Supermoon' — August's 1st of 2 full supermoons — swims into the sky Aug. 1

The 'Sturgeon Supermoon' will be the second of four supermoons in 2023 and best viewed at moonrise on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

www.livescience.com

City-size comet headed toward Earth 'grows horns' after massive volcanic eruption

The exploding comet, known as 12P/Pons–Brooks, is currently approaching its closest point to Earth during its 71-year orbit through the solar system.

www.livescience.com