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Researchers discover stardust sprinkled on a nearby asteroid (www.npr.org)
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India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole (www.newscientist.com)
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Space.com Astrophoto of the Month - July (cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net)
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Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101 (M101). The supernova is the brightest point of light in the spiraling arm on the left of the galaxy as you look at it.  (Image credit: R. Mark Lilienthal)

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Scientists Detect Intriguing New Signals of Organic Molecules on Mars (www.sciencealert.com)
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A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses (theconversation.com)
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The Many Planned Moon Landings of 2023 (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Scientists prove Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are interfering with ability to study the cosmos (www.abc.net.au)
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How Are Webb’s Full-Color Images Made? (webbtelescope.org)
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New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)
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NASA's Perseverance rover finds preserved organic matter on Mars (gizmodo.com)
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Note: Organic matter does not mean life. It is a precursor to life. It does make the possibility of life on ancient Mars more likely.

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Thinking in Metric for Astronomy (coco1453.wordpress.com)
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Study increases probability of finding water on other worlds by x100 (www.eurekalert.org)
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How small was the Universe when the hot Big Bang began? (bigthink.com)
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New 3D Visualization Highlights 5,000 Galaxies Revealed by Webb in CEERS Survey (webbtelescope.org)
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Just astounding.

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The strongest evidence for a Universe before the Big Bang (bigthink.com)
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Titanium Rain (lemmy.ml)
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Astronomers solve mystery of how a mirror-like planet formed so close to its star

https://ground.news/article/astronomers-solve-mystery-of-how-a-mirror-like-planet-formed-so-close-to-its-star_e4a781

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Ask Ethan: Did time run slower in the early Universe? (bigthink.com)
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Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog (arstechnica.com)
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Webb locates dust reservoirs in two supernovae (www.sciencedaily.com)
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A Strange, Donut-Shaped Rock Has Been Identified on Mars (www.sciencealert.com)
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Spot the ISS and Other Satellites in Our Busy Night Skies: The International Space Station and a growing number of communications satellites have redefined humans’ view of the heavens. (www.atlasobscura.com)
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Seven Amazing Accomplishments the James Webb Telescope Achieved in Its First Year (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Astro-tourism – chasing eclipses, meteor showers and elusive dark skies from Earth (theconversation.com)
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Research group unveils properties of cosmic-ray sulfur and the composition of other primary cosmic rays (phys.org)
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Study finds luminous red galaxies gain mass and acquire fewer satellite galaxies with time (phys.org)
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