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Artemis II 🚀🌕
Note we are not NASA just #Spacenerds #Moonjoy
NASA | ESA Space Updates
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Meet the prime crew for Artemis III 🚀:
👨🚀 Randy Bresnik (Commander)
👨🚀 Luca Parmitano (Pilot)
👨🚀 Andre Douglas (Mission Specialist)
👨🚀 Frank Rubio (Mission Specialist)
With Bob Hines serving as the official backup, training begins immediately! 🌟 #NASA #Space
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Using a natural "magnifying glass" in space known as gravitational lensing, NASA's Webb telescope studied GLIMPSE-17775—an object from 1.8 billion years after the big bang. The lensing boosted Webb's 30-hour observation to an 80-hour equivalent! 🔭🌌 #JWST #Cosmology
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found the strongest evidence yet for "black hole stars!" Data from a "little red dot" named GLIMPSE-17775 suggests it's a supermassive black hole enshrouded in a dense, hot cocoon of gas. 🔴✨ #JWST #Astronomy #SpaceNews
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Cosmic puzzle solved? 🧩 By capturing the deepest spectrum of a "little red dot" to date, NASA's Webb Telescope detected over 40 unique spectral lines. This unprecedented detail helped scientists confirm that a rapidly growing black hole powers the object. #NASA #Webb
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Scientists have spent over 50 years searching for it, and now it's official: Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way, is blowing a powerful, hot cosmic wind into space! 🌌
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Astrophysics theory says that when black holes feed on gas, they should also blow material back out. Thanks to high-res data mapping gas just a few light-years from Sagittarius A*, we finally have proof of this behavior in our own galaxy! 🔭🛰️
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How do you spot an invisible cosmic wind? By looking for what’s missing! NASA’s Chandra X-ray data and ALMA radio observations revealed a giant, cone-shaped cavity where the black hole’s fierce wind has completely swept away cold gas. 🕳️✨
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