The Night Sky

[cany]

 

[Chevy1]

Much better now

 

[jpd]

Supposedly real - from Soneva Fushi in the Maldives

 

[jpd]

Hopefully they can detect the larger ones - the US will get blamed for any missed strikes

An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd 'imminent impactor' of 2024

"By the time the astrometry reached the impact monitoring systems, the impact had already happened."

www.space.com

 

[jpd]

Article with a few stunning professional photos from the space station....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/science/don-pettit-photos-nasa-astronaut.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G08.FAHm.dlf-xUv_Lm49&smid=url-share

 

[wader]

'Unlike anything we have seen before': Astronomers discover mysterious object firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes

ASKAP J1832-0911, which is periodically throwing out pulses of radio waves and X-rays, could be a brand-new cosmic object.

www.yahoo.com

 

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[wader]

Interesting read..............

The Interstellar Visitor Hurtling Toward the Center of Our Star System Is Unimaginably Ancient, Scientists Say

Astronomers recently confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS came from interstellar space, blowing through the outer solar system at extremely high speeds. It's only the third confirmed interstellar object to have reached our corner of the galaxy, following 'Oumuamua, which was...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Matts]

Interesting read..............

The Interstellar Visitor Hurtling Toward the Center of Our Star System Is Unimaginably Ancient, Scientists Say

Astronomers recently confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS came from interstellar space, blowing through the outer solar system at extremely high speeds. It's only the third confirmed interstellar object to have reached our corner of the galaxy, following 'Oumuamua, which was...

www.yahoo.com

At 13 billion years old, it's back must be REALLY stiff in the morning!

 

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Mysterious Object Hurtling Toward Us From Beyond Solar System Appears to Be Emitting Its Own Light, Scientists Say

Last month, astronomers made an exciting discovery, observing an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, has caught the attention of Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who has a long track record of...

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There’s Something Really Suspicious About the Way This Star Died

Stellar death is a complex and mysterious process — but in the case of supernova 2023zkd, things were more gruesome than any astronomer had ever seen before. As its name suggests, this supernova — the fabulous astronomical term for the explosive death of a star — was first spotted back in 2023...

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