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
Voyager 1
"On 17 April 2026, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California sent commands to switch off the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment aboard Voyager 1. "https://spacedaily.com/voyager-1-is-still-transmitting-from-beyond-the-heliosphere-on-22-watts-less-power-than-the-bulb-in-your-hallway-and-the-engineers-who-built-it-in-the-1970s-never-expected-wed-st/
Dark Matter
"We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters."https://phys.org/news/2026-05-qa-dark.html#google_vignette
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