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Satellite streaks: Can the huge new Vera Rubin Observatory function in the megaconstellation age?

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 6:00am
Satellite streaks are a blight on astronomy. How much are observations by the Vera Rubin super telescope going to suffer from this contamination?
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on launch from Florida (video)

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 2:08am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 5:00pm
Supermassive black holes that seem too large to exist in the early universe may have grown from primordial black holes formed in the first second after the Big Bang.
Categories: Astronomy