Monday, May 18, 2026
SpaceX Starship
"SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is scheduled to launch on a critical test flight no earlier than Wednesday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas."https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-launch-updates-may-18-2026
Skeletons of Cosmos
"Astronomers have reconstructed the "skeleton" of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)."
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/truly-significant-james-webb-telescope-reveals-largest-ever-map-of-the-universes-hidden-megastructures
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Abell 2029
"If galaxy clusters were contestants in a pageant, then Abell 2029 would likely win the title of most relaxed cluster in the Universe."https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-galaxy-clusters-wild-youth
Voyager
"The popular version of this story has hardened into a fixed shape."https://spacedaily.com/nasa-still-maintains-some-of-the-voyager-spacecraft-code-in-a-1970s-era-programming-language-that-almost-nobody-on-earth-fully-understands-anymore-and-the-handful-of-engineers-who-do-are-now-in-their/
Bright Star
"This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms."
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sights-galaxy-in-transition/
ENIAC
"Eighty years ago, Penn researchers J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly launched the age of electronic computing by harnessing electrons to solve complex numerical problems with ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer."https://phys.org/news/2026-05-physicists-hybrid-particles-interact-strongly.html#google_vignette
Objects
"Astronomy is full of objects that sound similar, look similar, or are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. But once you understand the differences, the night sky suddenly makes a lot more sense."https://astrophotons.com/space-comparisons
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