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The 44 Closest Stars and How They Compare to our Sun - Visual Capitalist ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

A great Sun comparison diagram that’s both informative and kinda retro.

Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight safely lands ( www.aljazeera.com )

The Celestial Zoo: A Map of 200+ Objects in our Universe ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Massive map of bodies in the universe. Visit Pablo Carlos Budassi’s website for official posteres, pablocarlosbudassi.com/…/the-celestial-zoo-celest…. Not affiliated with the website or Pablo Budassi.

Who doesn't want a huge map of Mars! ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Since so many seemed to like the content of the universe post, I’ll post some more. I love these big diagrams and posters. I’m in no way affiliated with the site, but love how they present topics in large, easy to understand visuals. Hope you all like them too.

Webb Locates Dust Reservoirs in Two Supernovae ( www.nasa.gov )

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et) and Supernova 2017eaw (SN 2017eaw), have revealed large amounts of dust within the ejecta of each of these objects. The mass found...

Why Saturn's moons have been so hard to find ( www.bbc.co.uk )

Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed ( arstechnica.com )

Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form....

Super Moon! ( lemmy.world )

Dispelling the myth of the Proton rocket crash of 2 July 2013 ( twitter.com )

I hope spaceflight posts are welcome for now....

APOD: Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica Image Credit & Copyright: LI Hang ( botsin.space )

Saturn’s Rings Shine in Webb’s Observations of Ringed Planet – James Webb Space Telescope ( blogs.nasa.gov )

On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet. The initial imagery from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) is already fascinating researchers.

NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days ( www.france24.com )

Astronomers reveal evidence of universe's 'background hum' ( www.france24.com )

Astronomers across the world announced on Thursday that they have found the first evidence of a long-theorised form of gravitational waves that create a "background hum" rumbling throughout the universe.

NASA’s Webb Telescope Cracks a 40-Year-Old Space Mystery ( www.thedailybeast.com )

The story of the time a concord was specialy modified to chase an eclipse ( lemmy.world )

“Concorde ready to intercept the fleeting shadow. Poised like a falcon at the runway awaiting the time, 10:08 UT, to fly up and snare the shadow. The long months of preparation are about complete — the corona to be viewed against the purple sky of space, darkened still further to reveal in full contrast the ethereal white of...