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Carbonaceous Cosmic Dust Analogs Distinguish between Ion Bombardment and Temperature: #CosmicDust in her lab. What she found could help us understand how life started on Earth: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2026/02/02/cosmic-dust-carbonaceous-analogue-infrared.html - study reverse-engineers stellar chemical cocktail of fundamental molecules using infrared 'fingerprints'.

X-Ray Polarimetry of Accreting White Dwarfs: A Case Study of EX Hydrae: #WhiteDwarf star for the first time in history.

Nergal and Behemoth does it again - this one is marvelous #behemoth

Lyα Intensity Mapping in HETDEX - Galaxy-Lyα Intensity Cross-power Spectrum: #Universe: https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/releases/20260303

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
The Green Arrows:
🎵 The Towering Inferno
#TheGreenArrows
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/track/towering-inferno
https://open.spotify.com/track/4uIxk48iebgnRlsonbYx9S

ALMA Band 9 CO(6–5) Reveals a Warm Ring Structure Associated with the Embedded Protostar in the Cold Dense Core MC 27/L1521F: #protostars producing rings of gas and magnetic flux as they grow: https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/385

No Observational Evidence for Dark Matter Nor a Large Metallicity Spread in the Extreme #MilkyWay Satellite Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae29b8 -> Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1 - Dwarf Galaxy or Star Cluster? https://aasnova.org/2026/03/02/ursa-major-iii-unions-1-dwarf-galaxy-or-star-cluster/

Thermal Stability of Ice at #Shackleton Crater - Implications for Water Ice Detection for the Chang’E-7 Mission: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae3c86 -> Chinese scientists map ice "treasure map" for Chang'e-7 mission at moon's south pole: https://english.news.cn/20260227/404c567a54394e19a093832fb8d57929/c.html

GMIMS-DRAGONS: A Faraday Depth Survey of the Northern Sky Covering 350–1030 MHz / A Three-dimensional Model for the Reversal in the Local Large-scale #Interstellar Magnetic Field: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ae2471 / https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae28d1 -> New map of the Milky Way’s magnetism offers insights into cosmic evolution / Two new studies reveal structural complexity in the galaxy: https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2026/01/29/new-map-of-the-milky-ways-magnetism-offers-insights-into-cosmic-evolution/ / https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/mapping-magnetic-field-milky-way

Proton and Heavy Ion Acceleration by Magnetic #Reconnection at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae48f2 -> SwRI-led research indicates a more complex Sun’s magnetic engine: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-led-research-indicates-more-complex-sun-s-magnetic-engine