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JoMomma, in NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data

Live Science, continues it’s tradition of reasonable and accurately written headlines…

andrew_bidlaw, in NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data

I wonder if they have a simulated Voyager 1 they test their solutions on first. Having two full days between patch and response from the real one is hard to imagine.

EatYouWell, in James Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

Isn’t that kinda the definition of a supernova?

TWeaK,

That was my first thought also - did the supernova shatter a star, or is the supernova literally the result of a star shattering?

Both could be true, it could be that a star went supernova, then the shockwave shattered a star. I CBA to read into it and I’m hoping someone will reply with the answer.

EatYouWell,

I skimmed the article and didn’t see any mention of it affecting a different star, so I’m assuming the latter.

I feel like if it was a binary system that would have been mentioned fairly early in the article

TWeaK,

I wasn’t even thinking a binary system necessarily, just a star that happened to take the shockwave badly. But I suppose it would make more sense for that to happen the closer the nearby star is.

NAXLAB, in James Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

It’s interesting the types of phrasing they use, like shatter. I never think of stars as rigid, more ethereal even though I know how they work

shootwhatsmyname, in Man Uses Strange Rock as Doorstop For Decades. It Was Worth a Fortune.
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The price tag? $75,000.

Not too bad for an old doorstop.

AnomalousBit, (edited ) in ‘Head-scratcher’: first look at asteroid dust brought to Earth offers surprises

Well no joke, if you sprinkle asteroid dust on someone’s head it’s going to itch

Shdwdrgn, in ‘Head-scratcher’: first look at asteroid dust brought to Earth offers surprises

I thought the “head-scratcher” was trying to figure out what that thumbnail was supposed to be.

homesweethomeMrL, in NASA identifies 17 planets with possible subsurface oceans, and they could be fit for life

“Fit for life”? Bubba, let’s get this crystal clear - you were born here and you will die here. Maybe stop murdering your current planet first before you get all het up about murdering another one.

Fit for life, FFS. Yeah, yeah I’m sure it’s all theoretical and academic but let’s just put that to rest now. Elmo’s spacewagon ain’t for you.

ivanafterall, in NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus - NASA
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There are untold wonders to explore within the ring of Uranus.

kowcop, in NASA identifies 17 planets with possible subsurface oceans, and they could be fit for life

It will just take 34,000,000,000 years to get there in a spaceship built from the cheapest parts possible

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