Astronomy news

• 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' charges back to Disney Plus for Season 2 in September

  09-06-2022 23:41 via space.com
  
  The first teaser for Disney Plus's "The Bad Batch" season 2 is here courtesy of Star Wars Celebration 2022.
  
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• A 'planetary breakup' of 5 planets in the June's big stargazing sight, NASA says

  09-06-2022 23:04 via space.com
  
  The rare alignment of five naked-eye planets will begin to "break up" as they appear to grow increasingly distant from one another in the morning sky.
  
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• Physicists discover never-before seen particle sitting on a tabletop

  09-06-2022 22:42 via space.com
  
  Researchers have discovered a new particle that is a magnetic relative of the Higgs boson.
  
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• A Venus-bound mission from NASA will carry a tiny sensor built by students to the planet's hellish surface

  09-06-2022 22:42 via space.com
  
  NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus will carry a dime-sized, student-built sensor to study the ​​planet's near-surface environment.
  
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• NASA hopes new study helps bring UFO research into the mainstream

  09-06-2022 22:21 via space.com
  
  NASA hopes it can help move the study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) off the scientific fringes and into the mainstream.
  
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• Perseverance Watches Wild Winds on Mars

  09-06-2022 20:32
  
  NASA’s Perseverance rover is recording the windy weather in Jezero Crater, chronicling its role in making the Red Planet dusty.The post Perseverance Watches Wild Winds on Mars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  
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• What happened before, during and after solar system formation? A recent study of the Asteroid Ryugu holds the answers

  09-06-2022 19:19
  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 mission returned uncontaminated primitive asteroid samples to Earth. A comprehensive analysis of 16 particles from the asteroid Ryugu revealed many insights into the processes that operated before, during and after the formation of the solar system, with some still shaping the surface of the present-day asteroid. Elemental and isotopic data revealed that Ryugu contains the most primitive pre-solar nebular (an ancient disk of gas and dust surroun
  
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• Ground-breaking number of brown dwarfs discovered

  09-06-2022 19:19
  Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to our understanding of both stellar and planetary populations. However, only 40 brown dwarfs could be imaged around stars in almost three decades of searches. An international team has directly imaged a remarkable four new brown dwarfs thanks to a new innovative search method.
  
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• UK Lego Star Wars deal: Save 20% on the UCS Imperial Star Destroyer at John Lewis

  09-06-2022 18:48 via space.com
  
  The 4784-piece model is part of the Ultimate Collector Series and is over £120 off.
  
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• NASA is joining the hunt for 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

  09-06-2022 18:12 via space.com
  
  NASA has arranged for a team of scientists to spend nine months evaluating unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
  
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• NASA commissions science panel on unidentified aerial phenomena

  09-06-2022 18:12 via space.com
  
  NASA has arranged for a team of scientists to spend nine months evaluating unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
  
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• Best Lego Marvel sets 2022

  09-06-2022 17:19 via space.com
  
  From Spider-Man to the Guardians of the Galaxy and everything in between, here are the best Lego Marvel sets you can buy.
  
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• Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip soon, after all

  09-06-2022 15:30 via space.com
  
  Earth's magnetic field may not be heading toward a dramatic flip anytime soon, according to scientists who analyzed anomalies in the planet's invisible shield against solar wind and other radiation.
  
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• Anycubic Kobra Plus review: A huge step forward for accessible printing

  09-06-2022 13:22 via space.com
  
  The Anycubic Kobra Plus is the FDM printer for newcomers, but a few frustrations hinder its appeal.
  
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• Mars Base 101: How astronauts could make the most of a 30-day Red Planet stay

  09-06-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  Mars astronauts could get a lot of science work done in 30 days on the Red Planet, even if they have to spend most of their time working to stay alive and stay healthy.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope will study how the 1st black hole 'seeds' formed in the 'baby universe'

  09-06-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is gearing up to start operations this summer, and one of its many assignments will be to search for primeval black holes in the early universe.
  
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• Dark matter: should we be so sure it exists? Here's how philosophy can help.

  09-06-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  More than 50 years since astronomers first proposed "dark matter," we have no idea what it is and nobody has directly seen it or produced it in the lab.
  
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• 15 Jun 2022 (6 days away): The Moon at aphelion

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its furthest point from the Sun.
  
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• 14 Jun 2022 (6 days away): The Moon at perigee

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon appears large as it makes its closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 14 Jun 2022 (5 days away): Full Moon

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 11 Jun 2022 (2 days away): Conjunction of Venus and Uranus

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus and Uranus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°36'.
  
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• 11 Jun 2022 (2 days away): C/2021 E3 (ZTF) at perihelion

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  C/2021 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 10 Jun 2022 (Tomorrow): Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2022

  09-06-2022 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Daytime Arietid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• SpaceX launches Egyptian communications satellite, lands rocket on ship at sea

  09-06-2022 00:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched a communications satellite and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea on Wednesday (June 8).
  
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