These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

Astronomy

The new moon of March 2025 creates a partial solar eclipse this weekend

Space.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 6:00am
This new moon of March 2025 will create a partial solar eclipse visible in the northeastern part of North America, much of Europe and Russia.
Categories: Astronomy

Why Calling a Plant ‘Invasive’ Oversimplifies the Problem

Scientific American.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 6:00am

Botanist Mason Heberling challenges how we think about invasive species and our role in their spread.

Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches 8 wildfire-hunting satellites into orbit from New Zealand (video)

Space.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:01am
Rocket Lab launched eight wildfire detection satellites from New Zealand March 26, lofting the "Finding a Wildfire near you" mission into orbit for German-based OroraTech.
Categories: Astronomy

Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00am
Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens
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Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00am
Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens
Categories: Astronomy

The Solar Eclipse Analemma Project

APOD - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:00am

Recorded from 2024 March 10, to 2025 March 1, this


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Blue Ghost s Diamond Ring

APOD - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:00am

Blue Ghost s Diamond Ring


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Sharks aren’t silent after all

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 7:01pm
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet
Categories: Astronomy

Sharks aren’t silent after all

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 7:01pm
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds

Scientific American.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 7:00pm

Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound

Categories: Astronomy

Fake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they're placebos

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:30pm
Women with premenstrual syndrome reported big improvements in their symptoms after taking placebo pills, despite knowing they did not contain any active ingredients
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Fake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they're placebos

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:30pm
Women with premenstrual syndrome reported big improvements in their symptoms after taking placebo pills, despite knowing they did not contain any active ingredients
Categories: Astronomy

"The monster will come for us all!” Mon Mothma rouses the rebels in new 'Andor' Season 2 trailer

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:00pm
The Death Star’s technological terror looms, and the Rebellion rises to meet the threat in this thrilling trailer for Andor Season 2.
Categories: Astronomy

There are Space Tornadoes Surrounding the Core of the Milky Way

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:27pm

What happens when you mix clouds of gas and dust, strong outflows, and energetic shock waves at the core of the Milky Way Galaxy? Space tornadoes. At least, that's how researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile to study the galaxy's heart described what they found.

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'Earth to Space' art festival set to launch at Kennedy Center this week

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:00pm
A nearly month-long mission is ready to lift off, with preparations being made at the Kennedy Center. To be clear, not NASA's Kennedy Space Center, but the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Categories: Astronomy

The Europa Clipper Can Find the Best Landing Sites on the Ocean Moon

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:51pm

There's a well-established paradigm in planetary body exploration. It begins with a flyby, then later an orbiter, and then, if possible, a lander. Previous spacecraft have performed single flybys of Europa, and the Europa Clipper orbiter is on its way to Jupiter's moon Europa for a more detailed orbital study of the frozen moon. Hopefully, a lander will follow. A presentation at the recent Lunar and Planetary Science Conference showed how the Europa Clipper can help find the best landing sites on the icy ocean moon for a future Europa lander.

Categories: Astronomy

New Insights Into Little Red Dots. An Early Phase of Black Hole Growth

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:41pm

The James Webb Space Telescope has given us a view of the earliest moments of galaxy formation in the Universe. It's also revealed a few surprises. One of these is the appearance of small, highly redshifted objects nicknamed "little red dots (LRDs)." We aren't entirely sure what they are, but a new study points to an answer.

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NASA’s Spirit Rover Gets Looked Over

NASA Image of the Day - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:36pm
This plaque commemorating the STS-107 space shuttle Columbia crew looks over the Mars landscape after the Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, landed and deployed onto the red planet on Jan. 4, 2004. The plaque, mounted on the high-gain antenna, is shown while the rover underwent final checkout March 28, 2003, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

23andMe Bankruptcy Leaves Troves of Genetic Data at Risk

Scientific American.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:10pm

The bankruptcy of 23andMe highlights a lack of protections for genetic privacy in the U.S.

Categories: Astronomy

NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:00pm
NASA's next moon rocket is coming together at the agency's Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS core stage gets its solid rocket boosters.
Categories: Astronomy